April 4, 2023
Dear Friend,
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In these pages, I am honored and overjoyed to share with you all that we did and learned in 2022 - a truly remarkable year. Please join me in celebrating the many achievements we realized together in 2022, in our pursuit of a world in which every child thrives.
Challenges and heartbreaks are all around us, from  threats to our precious children's safety to encroachments to our fragile democracy. And, yet, the joy and love that surrounds the Book Harvest community - in abundance - gives me such hope. I feel it every day when I glimpse the tangible evidence of our work: home libraries built; vocabularies flourishing; the delight felt by a parent and child sharing a favorite book.
I am so proud of the Book Harvest community and its fierce commitment to every child's success.
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Ginger Young,
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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P.S. Would you like to receive a printed version of this Impact Report later this month? If so, please email me with your mailing address, and I will personally do so!
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Words to Live By: Reed Murphy
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 Reed Murphy lives in Wake Forest, NC, with his wife, Beth and his daughter, Lily. Reed grew up in Durham and graduated from UNC Chapel Hill. Lily started losing her hair at the age of three and was diagnosed with alopecia totalis. Reed is enthralled with Lily’s imaginative perception of the world and her question about a dinosaur’s butt (or lack thereof) inspired him to write his recent children’s book, Dinosaurs Don’t Have Butts.
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What are three children’s books you think should be on every child’s bookshelf?
...my personal favorite children’s book of all time: The Nighttime Book by Mauri Kunnas. It’s a book about what all the people do who are up working at night while we sleep. My mom held on to the original copy of this book and I eventually was able to read it to my daughter, Lily, who enjoyed it as much as I did. It was so cool to be into the book while I read it to her as much as she was. Truly magical memories for me.
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April's observances include International Children's Book Day, World Book Day, and National Poetry Month. These books celebrate books and poetry!
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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- Perspective | Early childhood development through reading aloud by Fowota Mortoo, EducationNC, March 29, 2023
- Why Kids Aren’t Falling in Love With Reading by Katherine Marsh, The Atlantic, March 22, 2023
- GLR Learning Tuesdays, Access & Action: Why Diverse Books Matter, Campaign for Grade Level Reading, March 28, 2023
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A Note from Tabitha
Tabitha Blackwell serves as the Executive Director of Book Harvest Durham
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We recently launched the Book Harvest Durham Newsletter and we're so excited to share it with you! This monthly email is packed with information related to Book Harvest Durham, including our Family Space. You can read March's edition here and update your subscription preferences to include Durham news below. We look forward to highlighting our local events, partners, parents, and programming!
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