November 1, 2023
Dear Friend,
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How are you? Are you doing okay? It's been a heartbreaking week, a heartbreaking month.
But there is hope. When the news become too dispiriting to bear, I turn to my North Star: the voices of children. They inspire me and keep Book Harvest moving forward, one book and one big dream at a time.
Recently we invited our young friends Yuriko, Duncan, P.J., Ari, and Josephine to Book Harvest to speak with broadcast journalist Margaret Larson about their love of books and reading. Please enjoy this short video, filmed in our Family Space in Durham. I hope it brings a sparkle to your day!
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Ginger Young,
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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 P.S. Earlier this year we were awarded the Best Kids Nonprofit in Durham County. Now INDY Week is running a Best of the Best competition and we're nominated for Best Kids Nonprofit in the Triangle! You can vote for us here.
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Introducing a new, free and easy way to save money and support Book Harvest! A long-time supporter and the former CEO of Tripadvisor, Steve Kaufer, has started a new company called Give Freely, a browser-based shopping assistant that automatically finds discount coupons when you shop online. And whenever you buy anything at over 10,000 sites, a portion of the purchase price will go to Book Harvest!
It’s free to use, and it costs you absolutely nothing when you buy stuff; just install it on your browser and select Book Harvest as your charity of choice. You can learn more and install Give Freely here.
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Words to Live By: Bronwen Dickey
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Bronwen Dickey is a contributing editor at The Oxford American and the author of Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon (Alfred A. Knopf, 2016). She is the recipient of a Hearst Editorial Excellence Award in reporting and a Lowell Thomas Award in travel journalism. She lives in North Carolina.
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Is there a book that you saw yourself reflected in as a child? Or one that opened new worlds for you?
I benefited greatly from books that focused on the courage of young girls, especially the ones who had to transcend self-doubt. "Anne of Green Gables," "The Witch of Blackbird Pond," and "Number the Stars" all made a big impression on me for that reason.
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Our November Featured Five celebrates National Native American Heritage Month and Rock Your Mocs day on November 15.
You can purchase these books and have them shipped directly to Book Harvest. You might also like to have them in your home library! View purchasing options.
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Questions? Email Amy Franks, Associate Director of School and Family Engagement, at amy@bookharvest.org.
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- Diverse Books for All Coalition Commits to Action by Shannon Maughan, Publishers Weekly, Oct 10, 2023,
- NCFL to lead Statewide Family Engagement Centers in North Carolina
and Nebraska by Amy Foster Parish, National Center for Families Learning, October 5, 2023
- Committing to Building Choosy Readers by Judy Newman, Scholastic, Story Monsters Inc, September 2023
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