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A Celebration of Books, Community, and Joy This past Sunday, January 12, Book Harvest hosted our 14th Annual Dream Big Book Drive & Community Celebration at the Golden Belt Campus in Durham—and what a celebration it was! More than 1,000 people gathered on a cold but beautiful winter day to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a joyful party filled with books, family-friendly activities, and warm community spirit. The energy was electric from the mom

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

Book Harvest to Host 14th Annual Dream Big Book Drive and Community Celebration January 12 at the Golden Belt Campus in Durham What: Book Harvest will host its 14th annual Dream Big Book Drive and Community Celebration in honor of MLK on Sunday, Jan. 12 from 1-4 PM at the Golden Belt Campus in Durham. Community members are invited to bring donations of new and gently used children’s books or simply come enjoy the free celebration. The event is indoors and outdoors.   When:

It's the Season for Dreaming! Join Book Harvest for our 14th annual Dream Big Book Drive on SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2025, from 1-4pm at the historic Golden Belt Campus! Since 2011, the local community has gathered on MLK Day (rain, snow, or shine) to donate children’s books, volunteer their time, and honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. While we're gathering ahead of MLK Day this year, our why remains the same: honor the legacy of Dr. King -- whose invocation to s

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 .

At my house, one of our favorite genres of books is wordless picture books.  Wordless picture books tell a story entirely in pictures, much