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Join us Thursday, April 2, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the University of Charleston for our annual fundraiser.

This year, we're celebrating Read Aloud West Virginia's 40th anniversary!

Keeping books in their hands and on their minds since 1986.

Read Aloud West Virginia motivates children to read for fun.

We involve families, schools, businesses, health care professionals, civic groups, and all of society to motivate children to WANT to read.

Interested in becoming a volunteer reader?

Our volunteers reach students and families all over the state by reading in elementary classrooms, coordinating events for education and outreach, preparing books to be distributed to kids, and so much more! Join the movement for a more literate WV and volunteer today! Follow the prompts below to get started reading in a classroom or visit the "Our Counties" tab to get involved with your local chapter.

Is your county signed up for Read Aloud?

Currently, Read Aloud WV is active in 30 of 55 counties.

Click the button below to find your county’s Chapter President and which of your local schools are enrolled with us.

Volunteer Readers

Our trained volunteer readers serve as a commercial for reading and send a powerful message that reading is an enjoyable lifetime activity.

Book Distribution

We provide students with books through a variety of programs because access to books is essential to raising a generation of readers.

Reader-Friendly Classrooms

We help teachers create text-rich, reader friendly schools through free events, resources, book distributions, and volunteer readers.

Community Engagement

We educate on the importance of reading to children from infancy into adolescence, the value of a print-rich environment, and more!

Give the love of reading to a child in your community.

Fairplain Elementary — Jackson County

Gerrardstown Elementary — Berkeley County

Valley PK-8 — Fayette County

Keep in ToucH

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October 21 - October 27

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West Virginia Book Festival
11:30 am-6:30 pm
October 26, 2018
200 Civic Center Dr, Charleston, WV 25301
Come visit us in Booth 306 at the Charleston Civic Center from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. There is also a Word Play area for children, writer workshops and other exhibitors. This is a great place for teachers to ask about signing up their classrooms, or volunteers to join.
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West Virginia Book Festival
8:00 am-5:00 pm
October 27, 2018
200 Civic Center Dr, Charleston, WV 25301
Come visit us in Booth 306 at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. There is also a Word Play area for children, writer workshops children’s author Kwame Alexander and many others. This is a great place for teachers to ask about signing up their classrooms, or volunteers to join.
Books-a-Million Bookfair fundraiser
9:00 am-9:00 pm
October 27, 2018
Select Books-a-Million stores will donate 10 percent of sales on Oct. 27 to Read Aloud West Virginia.
Come visit our volunteers at Books-a-Million stores in Barboursville, Beckley, Bluefield, Charleston, Vienna and Wheeling on Oct. 27. When customers say they want to support Read Aloud at checkout, the store will donate 10 percent of the purchase amount to help Read Aloud put books on the minds and in the hands of West Virginia children.
Store hours vary.