Cinco Puntos Press is proud to be a registered vendor in the Reading is Fundamental (RIF) program. Our 2007 RIF catalog is our largest yet and features our best RIF prices ever. We believe our books are a perfect fit for RIF’s new multicultural literacy project.

Founded in 1966, RIF is the oldest and largest children's and family nonprofit literacy organization in the United States. RIF’s highest priority is reaching underserved children from birth to age 8. Through community volunteers in every state and U.S. territory, RIF provides 4.5 million children with 16 million new, free books and literacy resources each year. In the summer of 2007 RIF launched its Multicultural Literacy Campaign to address a persistent gap in minority children reading scores. "There is growing research and awareness of the importance of children being exposed to books that reflect their own culture," said Violet Harris, professor of curriculum and instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "When children see themselves in the books they read at a young age, they are more likely to want to read more often.”

            We offer an excellent list of books that are deeply rooted in the cultural traditions of Hispanic, African American and Native American communities. To download a pdf of the Cinco Puntos Press RIF catalog, click here. For more information on individual books, click on the covers of the books in the RIF catalog.

            If you are an educator, and would like to start a RIF program at your school, click here.