Books on Bikes Initiative Keeps Students Reading in Summer

Submitted by Judy Hanning on Fri, 2017-10-20 03:00
For a group of school librarians and teachers in Charlottesville, VA, summer doesn’t mean lying out in the sun with a glass of lemonade.
For a group of school librarians and teachers in Charlottesville, VA, summer doesn’t mean lying out in the sun with a glass of lemonade. Instead, they are taking to the road with their bikes to provide books to students in the Charlottesville City School District, where 54 percent of the student population is economically disadvantaged.
~ School Library Journal

Key Takeaways:

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To keep children excited about reading throughout the summer Books on Bikes brings children the books they love.
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The Books on Bikes team members made their first book delivery of the summer on June 12.
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They first started with a little red wagon filled with books and delivered them to students in their neighborhoods.
Read the full article here:
http://www.readingrockets.org/news/books-bikes-initiative-keeps-students-reading-summer