Chapelboro.com: Book Harvest (September 15, 2020)
Book Harvest just won a Literacy Award from the Library of Congress – one of only 15 winners worldwide! Aaron chats with executive...
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Dec 1, 2020
The Daily Tar Heel: Triangle literacy organizations help students adjust to online learning
Ginger Young, founder and executive director of Book Harvest, said the premature end of last school year combined with the psychological...
Jul 22, 2020
EdNC: Behind the scenes of our Latinx reporting: Building empathy and understanding through our shar
I was born in Guatemala. I grew up speaking Spanish and English, which made me quite the Spanglish baby/child/teenager (must admit, I’m...
Jul 17, 2020
News release: Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Recognizes Pacesetter Communities
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) announced today the communities that are Pacesetters for their work during 2019 to support...
Jun 11, 2020
EdNC: Perspective | Book Babies launches virtual visits to continue to meet the needs of families
Although Book Harvest’s Book Babies team can’t visit families in person right now, that doesn’t mean they’re not keeping in touch, shared...
Jun 2, 2020
WRAL: With goal to distribute 75,000 books, Book Harvest seeks children’s book donations
Traditional efforts — like summer reading programs and storytimes — could be difficult this summer with social distancing guidelines. But...
May 27, 2020
EdNC: Home visiting without home visiting: Programs adapt and support families — but with limited re
Julie Smith, a licensed counselor for Child First, an intensive home visiting program that provides mental health support to young...
May 21, 2020
The Renewal Project: A North Carolina literacy nonprofit takes storytime online
Kids are out of school. Parents are home from work. At Book Harvest, a children’s literacy organization in North Carolina, we’re as...
May 15, 2020
WRAL: Durham middle school educators find creative ways to keep students reading
The Durham Public School System hosts meal sites across the county to feed families in need each week. Recently, educators have become...
May 13, 2020
Daily Tarheel: Local book providers adapt through coronavirus pandemic
In the few months it was open before the pandemic closed its doors, Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews was full of people: customers browsing...
Mar 18, 2020
Durham Magazine: How We Can Support Durham Businesses During COVID-19
COVID-19’s presence in our city and state and, indeed, throughout the country and the nation, brings uncertainty and unease. Governor Roy...
Mar 18, 2020
EdNC: Suddenly at home with your young children? Here’s how to keep them engaged and learning.
As child care facilities struggle to decide whether to close during the coronavirus pandemic, many parents might face a lot more time at...
Mar 17, 2020
WRAL: Need to keep your kids entertained? Local businesses, groups are here to help with virtual act
As we all dramatically change the way we’re living our lives during this coronavirus pandemic, local businesses are struggling, including...
Feb 24, 2020
End Book Deserts Podcast: Ginger Young
Our own Ginger Young was delighted to join Molly Ness, host of the End Book Deserts podcast, to talk about Book Harvest: where we’ve come...
Feb 1, 2020
EdNC: Book Harvest’s Dream Big book drive: MLK 2020
“Everyone needs to become a good reader so that when they are an adult they will have a better life,” said 6-year-old Jade Vaughan-Bey...
Jan 25, 2020
Durham Voice: Durham dreamers and readers celebrate MLK Day with donated books
Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream — and so does Book Harvest, a Durham nonprofit that hosted its ninth annual Dream Big Book Drive and...
Jan 11, 2020
Herald-Tribune: Can Children’s Books Fight Racism?
Can buying a book combat racism? It can, when the characters look like the current population. Pediatrician Jacqueline Dongé agrees....
Jan 11, 2020
WRAL: This Cary student heard NC children are struggling to read. She collected 1,240 books to help
Bria Wurst has always loved reading. As a child, she would read at the dinner table until her mother reminded her to put away her book...
Jan 11, 2020
News and Observer: To lift children’s score and prospects, teaching must start earlier
Many of us — teachers, parents, policymakers, business leaders — have been wringing our hands at the Oct. 30th release of the National...
Jan 11, 2020
ABC11 Together Perspectives
The January 2020 ABC11 Together Perspectives features segments highlighting Martin Luther King, Jr. Day events. Scroll down to watch the...
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