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Jan 10
Perspective | Replenishing home libraries in Western North Carolina
On Dec. 9, my colleagues and I found ourselves driving west in the Book Harvest book truck toward the mountains of North Carolina.

Jan 4
Spectrum News 13: Free books encourage bilingual literacy for students
Free books encourage bilingual literacy for students By Jenna Rae Gaertner, Durham County Jan. 03, 2025 READ FULL ARTICLE ONLINE


Oct 31, 2024
Perspective | Summer matters
For the past 12 years, Book Harvest has actively worked to address this need by partnering with school districts to implement Books on Break


Jun 18, 2024
Book Harvest, ECU Health Medical Center prepare to provide books to families of newborns
ECU HEALTH | JUNE 14, 2024 Originally published on ecuhealth.org Books from Birth, a Book Harvest program, will begin providing...


Apr 17, 2024
Civic Engagement and Literacy Go Hand in Hand
It’s never too early to start inspiring children's civic engagement with books. Book Harvest is excited to partner with Kids Voting...


Jan 31, 2024
Perspective | One question every school superintendent should be asking right now
one question every superintendent should be asking themselves right now is this: What is our summer 2024 learning strategy?

Sep 6, 2023
Children’s Savings Accounts Keep Education Aspirations High for Kids of Color
Children’s savings accounts are a proven strategy that works.

Apr 23, 2023
Perspective | Literacy for life: It starts at birth
This flurry of attention to children’s literacy fails to acknowledge and act on one driving truth: literacy begins at birth.

Jun 28, 2022
Perspective | What does college have to do with newborns? Everything, it turns out
Children who have college savings of as little as $1-$499 are three times more likely to attend college.

Apr 22, 2021
Perspective | Winning the future for our kids is within reach
Alongside these troubling events of the day, there is a quiet and historic revolution happening across our country. Let us stand up together

Aug 20, 2019
Perspective | Want better health outcomes for kids? The American Academy of Pediatrics says combat racism with diverse books.
As anyone who has ever read Goodnight Moon to a toddler knows, shared reading is a magical activity.
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