About Readola

Blue Ribbon is not just a partner in fundraising, Blue Ribbon is your Literacy Partner

Blue Ribbon Reading offers your school or organization a way to raise money in a safe, family friendly format. In-School Book Fairs, Readola Book-a-Thons and SciZooka STEM Shops create learning centered excitement, while encouraging your families to bring award winning books and STEM kits into their homes.

More than just a way to raise money for your school, Blue Ribbon includes Readola Unites - an open resource reading solution. The tools included can replace or supplement expensive, complicated, and outdated curriculum packages that trap schools into long-term expense. No more storage rooms filled with outdated workbooks! Readola offers curated data your staff can use to identify existing resources in your classrooms and library. Readola is a step to sustainability for your school and preserves dwindling budgets. Sustainability + affordability!

How can a fundraiser replace curriculum purchases? Readola Unites allows unlimited access to the Blue Ribbon Awards Collection for all faculty and students. Readola Unites can be accessed from all devices and requires no special hardware. Readola Unites gives you access to relevant and exciting lesson plans to help enhance your classroom. Readola Unites also includes useful tools for:

STEM + Non Fiction
Sustainability Goals
Using Lexiles Guide + Conversion Charts
Student Research + Grant Writing with the Blue Ribbon Awards Collection (best utilization of resources, community outreach)
21 Questions About a Book
Books On Tour Map and Guide + Individual State Maps
Social Studies + Common Core Compatibility
Rewarding Reading

Readola Unites Schools and Communities

Every event includes Scout, your Virtual Library Assistant. Scout unites the expertise of thousands of educators with flexible and affordable learning tools easily customized for each classroom. Scout works 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, perfect for remote learning environments. Combining the knowledge and experience of reading specialists nationwide, Readola is an invaluable resource to schools with limited library resources.

Kids love Scout - teachers and parents will, too!

Most titles in the Blue Ribbon Awards Collection are available as eBooks!

Integrate Readola with eBook services such as Sora.

Still have questions? Check out our FAQ page for more details. Ready to begin your reading adventure? Let's Go!

Unlike old-fashioned fundraisers, Readola Book-A-Thons work hand in hand with your mission to create lifelong readers. And what other fundraiser returns 100% of the proceeds to your classroom, school or organization with the best children's literature available today! Find out more about Book-a-Thons.

Why should you partner with Readola instead of just doing a readathon of your own? We encourage you to host a readathon/book-a-thon, either with Readola or on your own. Here's some reasons why you should consider Readola.

By rewarding reading, friends and family are dedicating donations to what matters most; helping kids become lifelong learners! Supporters make a small (or big!) donation for each book completed off of the student's Reading Roadmap. It's that simple... Readola Book-A-Thons really are Self Funding Curriculum! All students can participate!

What are Donation Dogs? Donation Dogs are a way for families and community organizations to make a contribution to the school for literacy improvement. Your student receives a certificate for each $10 donated on their behalf. Visit the Donation Portal for more details.

**Readola now offers simple Funding Drives for your school or non-profit, free of charge! Send a donation link via email, social media or text and receive 100% of all donations back in Reading Rewards! (Sample Page)

Even if you don't need to host a Book-a-Thon fundraiser, you can request a no obligation quote and bring Readola Unites to your school.

Readola Unites is an open resource reading plan for your entire district, school, or individual classroom. Our flexible and affordable site-license programs feature a variety of benefits for users, IT department staff, administrators, instructors and students.

Faculty - Ideas You'll Enjoy, Support You Deserve

Readola's Virtual Library Assistant is available to support you 24/7. Choose Readola Unites for a scientifically proven way of improving learning. Customize your plan with any combination of Readola products. Need to purchase books for your classroom? Get great discounts off of the best in award winning literature. Free lesson plans and ideas.

Access from School or Home - Cloud based licenses available for work and home use. Collaborate using the Blue Ribbon Awards Collection and Reading Roadmaps wherever and whenever you need them.

One Program, Multiple Uses - Powered by the Blue Ribbon Awards Collection, Readola Unites save time by utilizing existing materials readily available in libraries, classrooms, ebook services and even at home. The Blue Ribbon Awards Collection is also the perfect place to begin research projects and course creation.

Get Up and Running Right Away - Quickly access the Readola System without the need to memorize, track, or manage licensing information individually or for your classroom.

Add Your Own Expertise - Submit your own Lesson Plans based on Readola and the Blue Ribbon Awards Collection. Gain free access, exclusive content, and share in revenue generated by your materials.

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Administrators - Save Money, Maximize Access

Readola Unites saves money by consolidating individual curriculum purchases across a wide variety of departments to reduce per-user cost and expand access. Use existing ebook services and library inventory. Avoid costly workbook purchases tied into proprietary learning systems. Maximize your library budget with exclusive Readola discounts. Empower your staff and volunteers with our Virtual Library Assistant; combining the knowledge of thousands of educators into one easy to use tool.

Facilitate Collaboration and Innovation - Readola Unites provides the tools that inspire readers to be future leaders. Help shape student discoveries with cross-curriculum tools. Teachers and students explore new worlds from the comfort of a book. Uniform access gives users tools to collaborate with colleagues and peers around the district and the country.

Minimize Loss of Investment - Using off the shelf materials hedge your budgets against out of date curriculum. No more purchases of proprietary workbooks designed to lock you into perpetual purchases. Get your storage rooms back by pitching those stacks of expensive publisher promoted systems. Readola uses texts already in most libraries. No more stacks of obsolete text books and workbooks! Use ready made lesson plans available through Readola, or find thousands more available online. Books in the Blue Ribbon Awards Collection are timeless - so no need to purchase new materials every few years!

For school and district wide programs, all reference to donations or purchasing can be removed. When students add titles to their Reading Roadmaps, there is no shopping cart or listed price, eliminating any confusion about the purpose of building a Reading Roadmap.

However, if requested, Readola provides the tools you need to make your entire media center self funding.

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Instructors - Save Money, Maximize Access

Bring the knowledge base of reading professionals from around the country into your home classroom. Consolidate individual curriculum purchases by creating a true common core experience. Use books from public libraries or perhaps even in the home.

Protect Your Data - Readola is not owned by a publishing company or big data organization. We do not sell student information and we do not build user profiles.

Facilitate Collaboration and Innovation - Connect your student with their great literature from around the country, all from the comfort and safety of your home. Give them a tour of different backgrounds and cultures, take them on an adventure through the world of STEM, and track their progress in a fun system designed to challenge and inspire.

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IT Departments - Easy Integration

Easily integrate Readola Unites into your technology portfolio—whether you plan to use them as desktop applications or remote learning—with support for all major operating systems, web browsers, and mobile devices. Web based, no downloads required.

Replace Niche Technology - Rather than purchasing specialized software for each grade or discipline, Readola Unites allows a variety of departments to replace niche software packages and save money.

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