Kids Need to Read made several donations in May and the first half of June. Ninety new books valued at more than $1,350 were given to three schools and one public library.
Encinitas Community Library in Encinitas, California and Adelphoi Village in Latrobe, Pennsylvania were both submitted by caring supporters of KNTR. Adelphoi Village is a residency school providing care, education and therapy to children, youth and families in crisis. They were seeking help to build their student library, and KNTR was happy to be a part of filling their need.
Librarian Sharon Navarro of Moreno Valley Public Library in Moreno Valley, California sent us the following submission:
We are a small library servicing a large growing community in Southern California. We are gearing up for our summer reading program “Catch the Reading Bug” and any help would be greatly appreciated!
Kids Need to Read sent the library many books on their wish list for kids of all ages. We know they will help the kids “catch the reading bug”! Sharon told us about the gift they gave to KNTR in return:
Thanks again for the books! The first group is on the “new books” shelf and are being checked out. There is a book plate in each one saying “Donated by Kids Need to Read”.
They are beautiful books!
Kids Need to Read sure appreciates the book plates!
Ann Brennan, the seventh and eighth grade teacher at Potter Junior High School in Fallbrook, California submitted this request:
Hello! I teach 7th and 8th grade struggling readers and English Learners in Fallbrook, CA, and our library is in desperate need of an update! We need books that are relevant to our students’ lives, with characters that they can identify with. I have heard about your series and your mission, and I know that with your help, I will be able to tap into my students’ innate curiosity, and they will begin to reach their potential as the readers, writers, and thinkers of tomorrow! Thank you!
Ann’s students were very excited over the new shipment of books:
The books arrived on Friday, thank you! My students are devouring them already – I thought you’d like to hear this quote from one of my most reluctant readers, who is reading one of the Actionopolis books: “Dude! I’m reading for the first time in my life!”
Good thing it’s a series! 🙂
THANK YOU!!!!!!
We consider our mission statement to encourage reading among reluctant readers to be an area of primary concern and one for which our selection of books are especially helpful. To hear that our books helped a reluctant reader find the joy that reading holds for them is especially rewarding for us.
Help us, help kids to “Catch the Reading Bug”!
