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The Day the Stories Came to Life
By Daniele Berman, Communications and Events Manager Like me, you may have vivid memories from your elementary school days of the...
Jul 20, 2018


WRAL: “Clifford, Dog Man headed to summer reading event in Durham”
Book Harvest, the amazing local nonprofit that gets books in the hands of kids across the region, is hosting a special event this month...
Jul 13, 2018


Herald-Sun: “Building a Strong Reading Continuum in Durham”
In Durham County, more than 1 in 4 children live in poverty and too many of our fourth graders are not proficient in one of the greatest...
Jul 13, 2018


WCHL: Hometown Hero: Ginger Young
This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Ginger Young from Book Harvest! Ginger is the executive director and...
Jul 13, 2018


Herald-Sun: “Give children a book, and open their worlds”
Imagine not being able to escape the real world in the pages of your favorite book. Picture a child who hasn’t had their imagination...
Jul 13, 2018


Summer Reading Road Trip with Scholastic!
We’re just a few days away from our biggest summer event EVER: the Summer Reading Road Trip with our friends from Scholastic! Here are...
Jul 10, 2018


Love Letters
By Ginger Young, Founder and Executive Director I don’t know about you, but I have found these past few weeks extraordinarily...
Jul 6, 2018


Introducing CORA…
No, CORA isn’t our newest staff member (although we are looking for another team member; read all about it here!). CORA is a food...
Jun 29, 2018


It Takes Me Back
Shane helps two football superstars select books at Books on Break. By Shane Williams, North Carolina Central University, Class of 2018...
Jun 22, 2018
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