Margie’s Books along with other donors, provided copies of Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds to every incoming 6th, 7th, and 8th grader at Lakewood Montessori Middle School in Durham, NC. The book is being used as their Summer Read. Students were truly excited to receive their own copy that they can keep and read over the summer. When school resumes in August,…
Margie’s Books contributed to the Book Vending Machine project at Newport Elementary School in Carteret County, NC. To help inspire students to read, Emily Golightly, the media coordinator and librarian, wrote grants to purchase the vending machine. Students are able to select a free book of their choice. What an exciting way to inspire students to read and encourage them…
Margie’s Books donated books to Wake Up and Read as part of its book drive. Wake Up and Read is united in the belief that literacy is a Right for all, not a privilege for the advantaged. Their goal is that each and every child in Wake County, regardless of race, ethnicity, and socio-economic status, will read proficiently by the…
Margie’s Books is supporting the Raleigh/Wake Reading Association to build a free little library and fill it w/ books. They are is partnering with Top Teens of America. The goal is to place the free little library in an area where people have limited resources and access to reading materials.The Raleigh/Wake ReadingAssociation is a local council of the North Carolina Reading Association. It provides…
In partnership with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) Publishing, Margie’s Books provided books to Read and Feed located in Cary, NC. Read and Feed’s mission is to strengthen literacy skills among under-served elementary school children and provide meals in a nurturing neighborhood environment. Check out their website to discover many ways to volunteer with this very important organization. A special shout out to Corey Kick, the…
Margie’s Books supported Emily Golightly, media coordinator and librarian at Newport Elementary School, as she brought children’s author Scott Reintgen to her school to meet with students in grades 3-5. Students received Reintgen’s book, The Last Dragon on Mars, and were encouraged to read it before meeting the author in person. The goal of the project was to inspire and excite the children…
Margie’s Books is supporting third grade teacher Amy Shelton at Kuehnle Elementary in Spring, Texas. Her goal is to increase student interest in reading by building a classroom library. Ms. Shelton wants to support all of her third graders and is particularly interested in growing the population of boy readers. She has added several series of books to her classroom…
Margie’s Books provided personal copies of the book, Drawn Together by Minh Lȇ, to 45 students who participated in the Young Authors Program Showcase in Chatham County Public Schools. Students were able to take home a copy of the multi-award winning wordless picture book, which was featured for the kickoff activity. The book is the story of a grandson and grandfather struggling to…
Margie’s Books provided storybooks and informational texts to Mabele Primary School, which is in a village near Kasane, Botswana. Kasane is a city in the Okavango-Chobe region located in the northeast corner of Botswana. The books will be used in the school library so that students can choose books that they are most interested in reading. Mabele Primary School serves around 176 children ages…
Margie’s Books provided support for Dumphries Digital Learning Campus, which is located in a rural area near the Sabi Sands Game Reserve in the province of Mpumalanga in South Africa. Dumphries Digital Learning Campus was created by the Good Work Foundation, a public-private partnership which is re-imagining education in rural South Africa. The Dumphries Digital Learning Campus provides programs for children and young adults that…