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Strengthening early literacy: How one principal gets books into the hands of young readers
EdNC is highlighting the experiences of educators, families, researchers, and advocates with a stake in North Carolina’s early care and learning landscape. These profiles illustrate that care and education are inseparable, especially in a child’s first five years — caregivers educate, and educators care. In this series, we refer to those profiled in the way they are known by their community.
Oct 8


On Air Today: Building Bookcases for a Cause, with Book Harvest and Hope Renovations
Aaron welcomes two local nonprofits who are joining forces for an exciting new project that supports both of their missions at once.
Sep 29


Library of Congress Announces 2025 Literacy Awards
Recipients of Top Prizes Include Literacy Partners, Literacy Mid-South, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities' Prime Time Family Reading Program and Building Tomorrow
Sep 9


Perspective: Camp Ignite sparks children's love for reading with free books
Rising kindergarteners at Stocks Elementary School in Edgecombe County waited with excitement on the colored carpet as they prepared to choose 10 free books to take home and keep forever.
Aug 26


ECU health
Maynard Children’s Hospital partnership with Book Harvest provides books to newborns
Since October 2024, the Books from Birth program, a partnership between Maynard Children’s Hospital and Book Harvest, has provided boxes of books to infants and their families, ensuring that reading routines become an integral part of a baby’s earliest days.
Jun 9


Book Harvest looks to make statewide impact
Blue Cross NC will offer free children’s books provided by Book Harvest at events across the state.
May 12




Perspective | AmeriCorps works. Let’s fight to keep it
On April 28, Book Harvest received alarming and tremendously upsetting news: the North Carolina LiteracyCorps — along with more than 1,000 other AmeriCorps programs across the country — was being terminated, effective immediately.
May 6


GCPS
Granville County Public Schools will roll out Books on Break at four elementary schools this month.
May 5


New partnership between Book Harvest and BCBS NC
Maria and Tiara’s stories emerge from Book Harvest, a North Carolina-based organization that has provided 2.5 million books to families
Apr 29


North Carolina nonprofit receives major donation
The National Center for Families Learning and Book Outlet worked together to donate over 11,000 books to the Book Harvest.
Mar 28


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


Einhorn Collaborative: What I Learned About Early Relational Health
we heard about the stressors that families and health care practitioners continue to face to provide quality services
Feb 25


Triangle Business Journal: Book program gets major gift
Book Harvest has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust
Feb 19


Book Harvest Celebrates "Books on Break" Grant
Book Harvest Celebrates "Books on Break" Grant Published by Southpoint Access, 31 Jan 2025 Thousands of North Carolina elementary school...
Feb 3


Durham’s Book Harvest Earns $250,000
Durham’s Book Harvest Earns $250,000 to Expand ‘Books on Break’ Summer Program Originally posted on Chapelboro.com By Brighton McConnell,...
Feb 3


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


My Carolina: Host a Dream Big Book Drive
Host a Dream Big Book Drive and help collect books for Book Harvest by: Amber Freeman, My Carolina Watch it online here .
Jan 4
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