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LiVING LiBRARIES
Unlock your unlimited potential! Transforming kids ages 4 to 14 into Superhuman learners and leaders with The LiLi Key.
A Message From Our Founder
Walk Through the Open Doors
It's wonderful to know how much has happened at Living Libraries since we officially launched in October of 2019. Our book The LiLi Key is already in second edition thanks and is now bilingual, thanks to feedback from many of the almost 2000 LiLis in 46 states and Guam who participated in our pilot. The LiLi Key is stronger than ever and it is redefining what it means to read for fun in the 21st century. Children ages 4 to 14 who self-identify as Living Libraries use their LiLi Key necklaces to unlock books which fills the many living books inside them. Our data shows self-esteem among LiLis is on the rise, as is empathy, leadership and connection to the community.
Thanks to a grant from PNC Foundation we are currently producing The PreLi Key, a bilingual prequel to The LiLi Key that helps get younger kids ready for when it's their turn to transform into LiLis. We also have 4 graphic novels in the works and we are wrapping up production on an English and Spanish Read-A-Long versions of The LiLi Key for iTunes/ Apple Books.
Many of our most promising LiLis are continuing the journey with us by participating in the first graduating class of LiLi University, a virtual National Literacy Leadership Program sponsored in part by Blue Cross Blue Shield, that gives LiLi scholars ages 7-14 a full Key ring of literacy and life skills needed to be successful in school and in life. The first crop of students will graduate this coming May with their own LiLi degrees!
All this as we are rapidly expanding partnerships, including one that will put our new LiTeach Classroom Kits in 1,000 classrooms between now and this coming March! Our LiLi Ambassadors will help lead these classrooms as together we grow to 1 Million+ Living Libraries strong. Readers become leaders!
With Immense Love and Gratitude,
Kristi Cruise
President and CEO
LiVING LiBRARIES
Our Mission
To utilize educational, emotional, and social capital to creatively and collaboratively unlock the unlimited potential of self-empowered, heart-centered, resilient and coherent 21st century Superhumans.
Enter the age of the of the Living Libraries, or LiLis {Lee-Lees} for short. LiLi's care deeply about reading and learning so they can positively impact the world around them.
LiLis embody:
- Reading and Education
- Arts and Culture
- Health and Human Services
- the Environment and Animals, and....
SO MUCH MORE...
About Us
LiLi Leadership
Promising Partnerships
Promising Partnerships
From the creator of Promising Pages comes LiVING LiBRARIES--an empowering, and never before seen, social venture.
LiVING LiBRARIES boasts award- winning leadership in both the for-profit, non-profit and educational sector.
Promising Partnerships
Promising Partnerships
Promising Partnerships
LiVING LiBRARIES is currently developing and test piloting original curriculum, content and educational products delivered by Superhuman mascots as well as by business owners, elected officials and athletes.
Vibrant Vision
Promising Partnerships
Vibrant Vision
LiVING LiBRARIES is on a mission to provide educational services to transform millions of children across the globe into LiLi's--21st century heart-centered, self-empowered Superhumans who unlock their own unique and unlimited potential to better themselves and this world. Join us on our journey as we boldly transform the next generation of leaders and learners.