Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy

Passionately committed to strengthening children’s literacy through library services and community advocacy.


Membership is 100% FREE and open to anyone interested in early literacy.

Latest Articles

Schedule for CLELCON25

Here is a look at the schedule for the Conference with Dates and Times of Presentations or Speakers: Here are ...
Storytime Ideas for Books About Singing

Storytime Ideas for Books About Singing

By: Justine Ferrara, Union (NJ) Public Library Do you want to incorporate CLEL Bell books into your storytimes? Are you ...
Announcing the 2025 Spanish CLEL Bells Shortlist

Announcing the 2025 Spanish CLEL Bells Shortlist

We are pleased to announce the shortlist titles for the biannual Spanish CLEL Bell Awards. The Spanish CLEL Bell Awards ...

Events

  • 2025 CLEL Conference

    Save the Date! October 16 and 17, 2025 will be the dates for our Annual CLEL Conference. The confere…

    October 16 @ 11:00 amOctober 17 @ 5:00 pm MDT

“CLEL offers a central focus on early literacy and networking with like-minded professionals and paraprofessionals. This is priceless.”

— CLEL member