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Perspective | How home libraries build family bonds from birth
Maria and Tiara’s stories emerge from Book Harvest, a North Carolina-based organization that has provided 2.5 million books to families
Mar 17


Delivering Books and Hope After the Storm
Book Harvest was able to help replenish bookshelves in Western North Carolina.
Mar 13


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 10

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
Jan 4


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
Nov 1, 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...
Jun 18, 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...
Apr 17, 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?
Jan 31, 2024

Children’s Savings Accounts Keep Education Aspirations High for Kids of Color
Children’s savings accounts are a proven strategy that works.
Sep 6, 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.
Apr 24, 2023

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.
Jun 28, 2022

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
Apr 22, 2021

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.
Aug 21, 2019
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