Spread of Active Reading (SOAR)
What if books had audio trailers, just like movies do? The SOAR (Spread of Active Reading) Initiative does just that; a podcast project...
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Molly Ness
Apr 19, 20212 min read
Turning Pages
What is more powerful than kids rising to the call of helping other kids? A group of teens in New York and Connecticut have joined...
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Molly Ness
Apr 4, 20212 min read
Hoboken's Little Free Libraries
In the summer of 2020, a group of women came together around one question: How could they support their community and give all children...
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Molly Ness
Mar 5, 20212 min read
Books on the Bus
School buses in midcoast Maine have a unique feature. Thanks to Books on the Bus, each seat has a specially designed, pocketed seat...
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Molly Ness
Jan 26, 20212 min read
Rose Cafe: A Black Owned Bookstore and Coffee South on Chicago's South Side
On May 31st, 2020, protests erupted around the country and world in response to the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud...
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Molly Ness
Nov 1, 20202 min read
Book on Bikes
Kellie Keyser, Mary Craig, and Rebecca Flowers are lifelong readers. Determined to share their love of reading with children, they...
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Molly Ness
Oct 23, 20203 min read
Big Rockin' Book Bus
As a literacy coach in Michigan's Chesaning Union Schools, Michelle Schroeder was frustrated by her students' lack of access to books all...
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Molly Ness
Aug 24, 20202 min read
Montgomery Education Foundation (MGM Reads)
Montgomery Education Foundation (MEF) advocates equity and access for successful outcomes for all Montgomery public school students....
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Molly Ness
May 27, 20203 min read
Room to Read
Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, Room to Read envisions a world free from illiteracy and...
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Molly Ness
Apr 14, 20203 min read
Brooklyn Book Bodega
Brooklyn Book Bodega’s (BBB) mission is to increase the number of 100+ book homes for kids 0-18 in NYC. They bridge communities while...
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Molly Ness
Mar 10, 20203 min read
Walking Books Library
For Kelly Sterns of The Walking Books Library, comfortable shoes are a must. To get books into the hands of readers in Western Maine, she...
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Molly Ness
Feb 8, 20203 min read
Gaining Ground
Find out how Gaining Ground works to end book deserts in Tulsa, OK.
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Molly Ness
Jan 30, 20202 min read
The Amy Krouse Rosenthal Foundation
The world lost Amy Krouse Rosenthal way too soon. She was a remarkably inventive author – with more than 40 books, including bestselling...
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Molly Ness
Jan 13, 20202 min read
Hindi's Libraries
Leslie Gang was heartbroken over the death of her colleague. In 2018, Hindi Krinksy – New York English teacher and mother of five – died...
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