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Book Harvest’s “Books from Birth” Program by: Trent Gilbreath Posted: Nov 14, 2025 / 11:16 AM EST

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.

Aaron welcomes two local nonprofits who are joining forces for an exciting new project that supports both of their missions at once.

Recipients of Top Prizes Include Literacy Partners, Literacy Mid-South, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities' Prime Time Family Reading Program and Building Tomorrow

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.

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.

Blue Cross NC will offer free children’s books provided by Book Harvest at events across the state.

Supporting Children’s Literacy with Book Harvest

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.

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

Maria and Tiara’s stories emerge from Book Harvest, a North Carolina-based organization that has provided 2.5 million books to families

The National Center for Families Learning and Book Outlet worked together to donate over 11,000 books to the Book Harvest.

Maria and Tiara’s stories emerge from Book Harvest, a North Carolina-based organization that has provided 2.5 million books to families

we heard about the stressors that families and health care practitioners continue to face to provide quality services

Book Harvest has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust

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

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

On Dec. 9, my colleagues and I found ourselves driving west in the Book Harvest book truck toward the mountains of North Carolina.

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

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