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In 2025 alone, Books on Break reached 10,420 elementary school students in 30 schools across eight North Carolina counties with 104,200 new books. In addition, 7,320 students in summer programs across 47 NC counties self-selected 73,200 new books. This new video helps bring these numbers to life through the clear excitement and joy on participating students' faces.

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.

Book Harvest, in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s (NCDPI) 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC), released the 2025 Summer Reading Engagement Report today.

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.

Smiles, Selfies, and Shipments: How Riley Life Delivers More Than Just Books At Book Harvest, we know that getting thousands of books...

On my very first day as an intern at Book Harvest, I was thrown right into the magic. With the Books on Break program wrapping up for the season, I arrived just in time to witness one of its most joyful moments: elementary school kids lighting up as they carefully selected ten brand-new books to take home for the summer.

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

Book Harvest’s Books on Break program is working to create the summer that all students deserve!

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

With Literacy and Justice for All: Book Harvest’s Bold Vision for 2025-2027 For 14 years, Book Harvest has been on a mission to ensure...

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,...

4 Book Campaigns Bridging the Reading Literacy Divide by Aziah Siid, Word in Black November 14, 2024 "Located in 6 counties across North...

For the past 12 years, Book Harvest has actively worked to address this need by partnering with school districts to implement Books on Break

“Thank you for all of my new books! I will always have a book in my hand."

We couldn't resist sharing: We received this note from a young Durham Public Schools student after her recent participation in Books on...

The Mountaineer March 26, 2024 More than 3,000 students in eight elementary schools in Haywood County will be gifted a home library of 10...

Summer Learning Program Launched in Partnership with Haywood County Schools February 29, 2024, North Carolina: Haywood County Schools and...

one question every superintendent should be asking themselves right now is this: What is our summer 2024 learning strategy?

By Book Harvest and Student U The North Carolina General Assembly has passed a budget that includes $7 million in state funds allocated...