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WRAL: Need to keep your kids entertained? Local businesses, groups are here to help with virtual act
As we all dramatically change the way we’re living our lives during this coronavirus pandemic, local businesses are struggling, including...
Mar 17, 2020
End Book Deserts Podcast: Ginger Young
Our own Ginger Young was delighted to join Molly Ness, host of the End Book Deserts podcast, to talk about Book Harvest: where we’ve come...
Feb 24, 2020
EdNC: Book Harvest’s Dream Big book drive: MLK 2020
“Everyone needs to become a good reader so that when they are an adult they will have a better life,” said 6-year-old Jade Vaughan-Bey...
Feb 1, 2020
Durham Voice: Durham dreamers and readers celebrate MLK Day with donated books
Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream — and so does Book Harvest, a Durham nonprofit that hosted its ninth annual Dream Big Book Drive and...
Jan 25, 2020
Herald-Tribune: Can Children’s Books Fight Racism?
Can buying a book combat racism? It can, when the characters look like the current population. Pediatrician Jacqueline Dongé agrees....
Jan 11, 2020
WRAL: This Cary student heard NC children are struggling to read. She collected 1,240 books to help
Bria Wurst has always loved reading. As a child, she would read at the dinner table until her mother reminded her to put away her book...
Jan 11, 2020
News and Observer: To lift children’s score and prospects, teaching must start earlier
Many of us — teachers, parents, policymakers, business leaders — have been wringing our hands at the Oct. 30th release of the National...
Jan 11, 2020
ABC11 Together Perspectives
The January 2020 ABC11 Together Perspectives features segments highlighting Martin Luther King, Jr. Day events. Scroll down to watch the...
Jan 11, 2020
WRAL Go Ask Mom: Day on, not off: 3 ways to celebrate MLK Day in Raleigh, Durham, Triangle
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, Jan. 20, this year. There are a variety of ways for kids and families to get involved, remember the...
Jan 1, 2020
EdNC Perspective: “Want better health outcomes for kids? The American Academy of Pediatrics sa
As anyone who has ever read Goodnight Moon to a toddler knows, shared reading is a magical activity. It helps develop strong parent-child...
Aug 22, 2019
Spectacular Magazine: “Book Harvest’s inaugural writer-in-residence program”
Durham, NC – Two young African American authors, Jeremiah Springer and Kassan Jones, both rising sixth graders in Durham Public Schools,...
Aug 21, 2019
Carolina Parent: “Book Harvest graduates 29 Book Babies”
On June 8, 29 young readers collected their diplomas at Durham’s W.G. Pearson Center in celebration of their five years of participation...
Aug 21, 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.
Aug 21, 2019
Durham Tech: “Durham Tech Little Free Libraries thrive with Book Harvest partnership”
With about 150 books being donated from Book Harvest every month, the Little Free Libraries at Durham Technical Community College are...
Jun 28, 2019
Spectacular Magazine: “Book Harvest’s Book Babies Graduation serves up hope for our futu
If you were looking for a giant serving of hope for our future with a side of pride in our community, along with a generous helping of...
Jun 24, 2019
News and Observer: “Rinse, read, repeat. In Durham, laundromats are becoming libraries.”
In The Wash House laundromat, a child sits on a gray carpet, holding clean socks in one hand and a brand new book in the other. He got it...
Jun 20, 2019
Bladen Journal: “Books on Break: smiles, excitement fill East Arcadia library”
Elementary students at East Arcadia were all smiles and delight Wednesday afternoon as they had a chance to select books thanks to Book...
Jun 6, 2019
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