BY THE NUMBERS
8,861
ILA 2016 app
users
Pallets full of books
donated by runners
and conference-
goers to Boston-
based Reach Out and
Read, representing
thousands of books,
learning materials,
and teaching aids
444
Registrants in the
Steps to Advance
Literacy 5K
Seven
Events that were sold
out (Literacy Night
at the Ballpark, First-
Timers Gathering,
New Member Meetup,
Author Meetup, and
all three Literature
Luncheons)
20,000+
Tweets with the
#ILA16 hashtag
LITERACY TODAY | September/October 2016
Book fi nds in the Exhibit Hall
The start of ILA’s fi rst Steps to Advance Literacy 5K
Participants in the free Edcamp Literacy event
Waiting for Opening General Session to begin
Adora Svitak
Ana Dodson
Literacy Night at Fenway Park
Laurie Halse Anderson