The Literacy Cooperative

Our 2025 Annual Report highlights how books, families, educators, and partners are working together to strengthen literacy across the lifespan in Cuyahoga County. From milestones in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to powerful moments of community connection, the impact is real and measurable.
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This week, we had a peeling party with McDonald Hopkins LLC! Thanks to their hard work, these books will soon be in the hands of children across Cuyahoga County.

It was a pleasure having the full staff at the City Club's "Can We Talk? The Importance of Human Connection in the AI Era."

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We were recently featured in Cleveland Magazine! Check out this article written by Lynne Thompson and learn more about our role as the local program partner for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

The results are clear: 10 books can spark measurable gains in early literacy, vocabulary, and family reading routines, with the greatest impact appearing in communities facing the highest barriers. Research from the world’s largest study of shared book reading affirms that children enrolled in the Imagination Library in the US were 11 times more likely to be interested in books compared to children not in the program.

Learn more about the study here: https://buff.ly/loAO07a
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Thank you to the The Literacy Cooperative for being a community partner!

Have you read the Heights Observer recently? The Literacy Cooperative was featured in an article by Clare Peppler focused on the 2026 Kurt Karakul Literacy Award recipient, Lake Erie Ink. Read here: https://buff.ly/BnRygFu

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