Reader to Reader Donates 40,672 Books for Children in Chicago

Reader to Reader is pleased to announce Reader to Reader's donation of 40,672 new children's and young adult books to children and teens attending the Chicago public schools. 

The donation kicks off our major new initiative focusing on inner-city schools in Chicago.

We look forward to donating tens of thousands of books a year for many years to come.

A very big thank you to #scholasticbookfairs, #TumblehomeLearn for their generous donations.

And thank you to Marmon Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., for their sponsorship of this event.

$120,000 in New Books for Hurricane Harvey Relief in Houston

Our Hurricane Harvey relief efforts continue. More than 8,000 new books for children and young adult readers will be given out by the Houston Independent School District.

The books have a value of $120,000.

Thank you to Scholastic Book Fairs for making this donation possible!

$500,000 in New Books to Native American Schools

(Photo: Lincoln Elementary students in Gallup, New Mexico get new books on Halloween)
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By SCOTT MERZBACH
Staff Writer/Daily Hampshire Gazette
Tuesday, November 01, 2016

AMHERST — Children of Navajo Nation and Hope Nation who attend schools in New Mexico and Arizona are receiving $500,000 worth of new books following a donation from an Amherst-based literacy organization.

A total of 52,126 books are being shipped directly to the various school districts in the Southwest for distribution, said David Mazor, founder and executive director of Reader of Reader.

“We are pleased to make this large donation in order to get as many books into the hands of children,” Mazor said.

The books, which are of general interest for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, are provided through Reader to Reader’s partnerships with Scholastic Corporation, which runs the Scholastic Possible Fund, and Pioneer Valley Press, Soho Press and other publishers.

Among the school systems receiving the books are the Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools in Gallup, New Mexico, the Central Consolidated Schools in Shiprock, New Mexico, the Ganado Unified School District in Ganado, Arizona, the Hopi School District in Keams Canyon, Arizona and the Tuba City Unified School District in Tuba City, Arizona.

Providing books for Native American schools represents a long-term commitment that has been taking place since 2005, Mazor said. In the past decade, Reader to Reader has donated more than $3 million in books.

The Gallup-McKinley schools will get 14,000 books, which are already being given out to students, including at Lincoln Elementary in Gallup.

“These books will have a profound impact on the children in our district,” Mary Lindenmeyer, library media coordinator for the schools, said in a statement.

In addition, the Navajo Nation Library in Window Rock, Arizona will receive over 21,000 books.

Reader to Reader also donates books to the Red Lake Nation in Minnesota and the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, and this week began working with the Standing Rock Reservation after its members asked for help in stocking books in the library of the McLaughlin, South Dakota campus of Sitting Bull College.

Reader to Reader Announces Partnership with Scholastic

Reader to Reader is very pleased to announce a new partnership with Scholastic.

Scholastic Corporation is a U.S. publishing, education and media company known for publishing, selling, and distributing books and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, and children.

We are very pleased to be working with Scholastic on a donation of tens of thousands of books to schools in underserved communities.

Thank you to the great people at Scholastic for making Reader to Reader one of their partners!