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Books on Break: High Fives!
by Sierra Wingate-Bey, Fletcher Fellow, A.J. Fletcher Foundation Volunteering as a personal shopper for Books on Break has been the...
May 14, 2015


Dream Big!
by Meghan O’Donnell, MBA candidate, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School On January 19th (MLK Day), I joined countless volunteers to help...
May 6, 2015


Of Powerful Things
by Daniele Berman, Operations Manager Once upon a time—is 2013 long enough ago to count as “once upon a time”? all good stories start...
Apr 29, 2015


Filling the book gaps until there are no more
by Ginger Young, founder and executive director Originally printed in the Durham Herald-Sun, April 18, 2015 Peaches. Lorna Doone. Pearl....
Apr 22, 2015


Durham Herald-Sun: “Schools, community partners keep students reading”
Summertime can be filled with days at the pool or beach, trips to see family and friends and spending time outside. But for too many...
Apr 21, 2015


Treasured Book, Treasured Memory
by Sarah Wessell, former Book Harvest board member My son, nine years old, and not quite to the age that a crying mother embarasses him,...
Apr 15, 2015


Books Make You Feel Special
by Caleb Stine, sixth grader at Rogers-Herr Middle School I will admit I’m a little bit of a bandwagon fan of this book that most...
Apr 8, 2015


Freedom to Read, Freedom to Choose
by Lori Nofziger, Book Harvest volunteer I got my first job working at this library, and later went on to a rewarding career as a...
Mar 25, 2015


Everett Reads
by Rebecca Stevenson, author and friend of Book Harvest (originally published 7/19/07 on her blog: http://birches17.blogspot.com/2007/07/...
Mar 18, 2015
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