June 1, 2023
Dear Friend,
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It's graduation season – including at Book Harvest!
On Saturday, June 10, 34 spectacular members of the Book Babies Class of 2023 will walk across the stage to receive their diplomas, as their misty-eyed family members and Book Harvest literacy coaches cheer them on. We are so proud of them!
There simply aren’t words for me to convey the magic of Book Babies – a program that makes good on our conviction that literacy begins at birth. By enrolling newborns and providing them and their parents with literacy coaching home visits and the provision of abundant home libraries for the first five years, we build a strong foundation that will last a lifetime.
The magic of Book Babies comes to life through the eyes and words of graduate Nathaniel and his mom Natisha. Have a look!
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Filmed and produced by Friend of Book Harvest, Margaret Larson
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Thank you to everyone who has supported the success of our Book Babies Class of 2023! I invite you to join me with an investment in future classes of Book Babies. Donate today to ensure that our work to build strong foundations continues for generations to come.
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With pride and in celebration,
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Ginger Young,
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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P.S. Books on Break 2023 just wrapped up, reaching 14,208 students in 35 schools with a whopping 70,389 books that they can read over the summer and keep forever. It, too, was magical! Read the press release here!
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Summer Block Party - Volunteers Needed!
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Book Harvest’s Annual Summer Block Party is a free community-wide celebration of summer and books on Saturday, July 22 from 1 to 4 p.m. on the concourse of the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Interested in volunteering? Click here to sign up.
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Words to Live By: Carolyn Mackler
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Carolyn Mackler is the acclaimed author of the YA novels The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things (A Michael L. Printz Honor Book), The Universe Is Expanding and So Am I, Infinite in Between, Tangled, among others.
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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 loved Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself by Judy Blume. I am half-Jewish and grew up in a town with a lot of anti-semitism. Sally help me connect with my Jewish side that I so badly wanted to hide, and also to see a world outside of a place where I felt I had to hide being Jewish.
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Our June Featured Five children’s books celebrate Juneteenth and Father's Day!
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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