Literacy Services

Get a better job. Become a citizen. Go to college. Or simply read a book. Join us at Project Adult Literacy for free help designed for adults who need to improve their reading, writing, or communication skills.

A program of the Newport Beach Public Library, Project Adult Literacy provides free literacy instruction to adults who live or work in the Newport Beach area.

Our team of dedicated volunteers helps people improve their literacy skills, which in turn could mean everything from getting a better job, to reading the prescription without fear of taking the wrong dose, getting a high school diploma, getting into college, helping a child with homework, and not hiding in shame when asked to read something.

Project Adult Literacy is firm in the belief that literacy changes lives.

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In celebration of International Literacy Day, Project Adult Literacy presents Literacy Lights the Way. Read exceptional stories from our learners.

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Support Literacy through the Newport Beach Public Library Foundation

What your support does

Literacy Sponsors

Events

Library Closes at 6 p.m.
12/22/2025 6:00 pm
Library Closes at 6 p.m.
12/23/2025 6:00 pm
Library Closes at 1 p.m.
12/24/2025 1:00 pm

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Project Adult Literacy is a program of the Newport Beach Public Library which provides free literacy instruction to adults who live or work in the Newport Beach area. Our dedicated volunteers have helped hundreds of people improve their English skills. In doing so, these volunteers have helped change lives. Literacy is a concern for everyone in our community as it affects not only the learner, but employers, healthcare providers, schools and more.

For many in our population, English is their second language. All second language learners benefit from learning better English skills. Job opportunities improve with English proficiency, children perform better in school if their parents are able to help them and healthcare providers can more easily care for their patient if they are proficient in English. PAL is dedicated to achieving literacy for all members of our society. Literacy does change lives!