More than 135,000 Children’s Books En Route to U.S. Hospitals and Clinics
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reported by Brian Scott, LiteracyNews.comThis holiday season, students across the country can say they’ve given the gift of reading to hundreds of thousands of children who need books by reading themselves! More than 135,000 brand new paperback books from Scholastic Book Clubs are expected to arrive at Reach Out and Read clinics and hospitals across the country, where they will be given to young children receiving routine checkups. They are the first delivery of a quarter-million-book donation Scholastic Book Clubs, a division of Scholastic, is making to Reach Out and Read, a national non- profit organization promoting early literacy and reading as a standard part of pediatric care. The donation is part of Scholastic Book Clubs’ ClassroomsCare program, which donates 100 books to children in need for every 100 books students read in participating classrooms nationwide — up to 1 million books annually. […] Read more!
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