Looking for additional ways to support The Literacy Council? Below is a wish list of items we need for our programs. Simply click on the item to order. You can drop your donation off at TLC’s main office in downtown Birmingham or have it shipped directly. Below is the address. Don’t forget to designate The Literacy Council of Central Alabama as your charity if you’re using is Amazon Smile and we’ll get a portion of the sale. Please email Danielle Tipton at dtipton@literacy-council.org when you make a purchase.
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- 2 dozen Composition Notebooks for creative journaling
- 12 Websters Pocket Dictionary/Thesaurus/Vocabulary Builder sets
- Tissue Paper Pack
- 2 dozen watercolor sets for art & literacy activities
- 50 sheets of watercolor paper for art & literacy activities
- Mod Podge
- 1 portable speaker for literacy & lyrics exercises
- 12 Android Tablets
- 12 copies of The Way it Works by William Kowalski
- 12 copies of Worst Date Ever by Melodie Campbell
- 12 copies of The Goddaughter by Melodie Campbell
- Nine Webster’s Dictionary/Thesaurus/Vocabulary sets
- Notebooks
- Composition Paper
- No. 2 Pencils
12 Copies of the same book by the following authors
Reed Farrel Coleman
Gail Anderson- Dargatz
Melodie Campbell
Vicki Delany
William Kowalski
Gail Bowen
Joy Fielding
Deborah Ellis
Alan Cumyin
Qty. | Book | Author/Link |
5 | Each Kindness | Jacqueline Woodson |
5 | The Other Side | Jacqueline Woodson |
5 | Brown Girl Dreaming | Jacqueline Woodson |
5 | If you Come Softly | Jacqueline Woodson |
8 | Monster | Walter Dean Myers |
5 | Slam | Walter Dean Myers |
5 | Scorpion | Walter Dean Myers |
5 | The Skin I’m In | Sharon Flake |
5 | Money Hungry | Sharon Flake |
5 | You Don’t Even Know Me | Sharon Flake |
5 | Who Am I Without Him? | |
14 | City Stories | https://www.townsendpress.com/super-categories/basic-literacy/city-stories |
5 | NIV Bible (large Print) | |
5 | Children’s Bible | |
2 | Bluford Series (20 book boxed set) | https://www.amazon.com/Bluford-20-Book-Boxed-Books-1-20/dp/1591943094 |
8 | The Arrival | Amy Tan |
1 | Work Wise (set of the 3 book series) Soft Skills | New Readers Press |
1 | Work Wise (set of the 3 book series) Academic Skills | New Readers Press |
6 | Call of the Wild | Jack London |
6 | More Than a Bird | Liz Huntley |
6 | Muhammed ALI, King of the Ring | Stephen Timblin |
6 | The Barrio Kings | William Kowalski |
6 | The Shadow Killer | Gail Bowen |
6 | I Survived, Hurricane Katrina, 2005 Scholastic | Lauren Tarshis |
6 | GAME | Walter Dean Myers |
6 | Escape (Oxford Bookworms, Starter) | Phillip Burrows and Mike Foster |
6 | The Tuskegee Airmen Story | Lynn M. Homan, Thomas Reilly |
6 | Soft Skills at Work (Set of 4) | Grass roots Press |
40 | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (picture book) | William Kamkwamba |
40 | Cuckoo | Lois Ehlert |
15 | Books about Alabama or US History written on 3rd grade reading level | |
25 | The Magical Animal Adoption Agency | Kallie George |
25 | Junie B. Jones’ books | Barbara Park |
25 | Maybe Something Beautiful | Theresa Howell |
25 | Wonder | R. J. Palacio |