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The goal of the Ozarks Literacy Council is to increase literacy in Southwest Missouri by providing free tutoring and learning services to those unable to read, write or compute at levels necessary to function fully and contribute successfully on the job, in their communities and in society as a whole.
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OLC Fifty Five Favorite Books
1. 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, Jules Verne
2. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle
3. Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
4. Amelia Bedelia, Peggy Parish
5. Black Beauty, Anna Sewll
6. Call It Courage, Armstron Sperry
7. Caps for Sale, Esphyr Slobodkina
8. Captains Courageous, Rudyard Kipling
9. Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White
10. Chicka, Chicka Boom Boom, Bill Martin
11. Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul, Jack Canfield
12. Clifford Grows Up, Bridwell
13. Curious George, H. A. Rey
14. Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien
15. Five Little Monkies Jumping on the Bed, Eileen Cristelow
16. Frog and Toad Together, Arnold Lobel
17. Great Redwall Feast, Brian Jacques
18. Hans Christian Anderson’s Fairy Tales, Hans Christian Anderson
19. Heidi, Johanna Spyri
20. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien
21. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Laura Numeroff
22. If You Give a Pig a Pancake, Laura Numeroff
23. Jonas Salk: Conquering Polio, Stephanie McPherson
24. Little House on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder
25. Little Red Hen, Lucinda McQueen
26. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
27. Madeline, Ludwig Bemelmans
28. Mariel of Redwall, Brian Jacques
29. Mouse Paint, Ellen Stoll Walsh
30. Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Richard Atwater
31. New Shoes for Silvia, Johanna Hurwitz
32. Officer Buckle & Gloria, Peggy Rathmann
33. Pecos Bill, Steven Kellog
34. Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien
35. Robinson Crusoe, Deniel Defoe
36. Sounder, William H. Armstrong
37. Summer of the Monkeys, Wilson Rawls
38. Super Simple Origami, Irmgard Kneissler
39. Swiss Family Robinson, Johann Rudolf Wyss
40. The Borrowers, Mary Norton
41. The Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis
42. The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling
43. The Seals on the Bus, Lenny Hort
44. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
45. The Snowy Day, Ezra Jack Keats
46. The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, Howard Pyle (editor)
47. The Velveteen Rabbit, Margery Williams
48. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
49. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
50. The Yearling, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
51. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
52. Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien
53. Ultimate Dinosaur Book, David Lambert
54. When Cows Come Home, David Harrison
55. Wolf Who Cried Boy, Bob Hartman
Become a Financial Supporter of Ozarks Literacy. It's Easy and Affordable
When you look at the statistics, it is clear that the need for the Ozarks Literacy Council is real:
- 50,000 Adults in Greene County do not have a high school diploma.
- Approximately 13% of American adults do not read at all or read below the 4th grade level.
- Missouri has a 31% dropout rate and many who do graduate lack the basic skills that a diploma implies.
- Illiteracy and low literacy cost American businesses and taxpayers twenty billion dollars ($20,000,000,000) a year.
The Ozarks Literacy Council provides our learning services for free to those in need. If someone asks for our help, we are here for them. We believe that removing financial barriers to basic literacy learning is the best way to encourage our clients to use our programs. But like every organization and business, nothing is free. From rent to the heating and cooling bills, the Ozarks Literacy Council depends on the financial support of individual donors, corporate sponsors, special events and foundations to help make our programs work. If you're ready to join us in our mission to make the Ozarks a better and more prosperous place for everyone, then take a few moments to become a Monthly Financial Supporter.
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