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Jul 13, 2018

WRAL: “Clifford, Dog Man headed to summer reading event in Durham”

Book Harvest, the amazing local nonprofit that gets books in the hands of kids across the region, is hosting a special event this month...

Jul 13, 2018

Herald-Sun: “Building a Strong Reading Continuum in Durham”

In Durham County, more than 1 in 4 children live in poverty and too many of our fourth graders are not proficient in one of the greatest...

Jul 13, 2018

WCHL: Hometown Hero: Ginger Young

This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Ginger Young from Book Harvest! Ginger is the executive director and...

Jul 13, 2018

Herald-Sun: “Give children a book, and open their worlds”

Imagine not being able to escape the real world in the pages of your favorite book. Picture a child who hasn’t had their imagination...

Jul 10, 2018

Summer Reading Road Trip with Scholastic!

We’re just a few days away from our biggest summer event EVER: the Summer Reading Road Trip with our friends from Scholastic! Here are...

Jul 6, 2018

Love Letters

By Ginger Young, Founder and Executive Director I don’t know about you, but I have found these past few weeks extraordinarily...

Jun 29, 2018

Introducing CORA…

No, CORA isn’t our newest staff member (although we are looking for another team member; read all about it here!). CORA is a food...

Jun 22, 2018

It Takes Me Back

Shane helps two football superstars select books at Books on Break. By Shane Williams, North Carolina Central University, Class of 2018...

Jun 15, 2018

Daily Tarheel: “The first Book Babies have turned their tassels and are ready to take on kinde

The Book Babies Class of 2018 have received their diplomas and are ready for kindergarten after a graduation ceremony hosted by the...