End Book Deserts

Young, Black, and Lit 26.02.2021 22:25 ↓

This Chicago-based group works to #endbookdeserts by distributing affirming, representative books to black children.

World Read Aloud Day 2021 26.01.2021 43:18 ↓

Join literacy advocate Pam Allyn and Superbowl winner turned children's book author Malcolm Mitchell to celebrate the joy of reading aloud.

Blue Manatee Literacy Project 11.01.2021 27:42 ↓

Discover how an Ohio-based bookstore turned into a full-scale community literacy project.

Reach Out and Read 07.12.2020 32:57 ↓

Find out how the pediatricians promote family literacy and work to #endbookdeserts.

Little Free Library During COVID 26.11.2020 19:29 ↓

Little Free Library holds a new role in the pandemic and their push to #readincolor.

Reach Incorporated 10.11.2020 29:36 ↓

Find out how DC teens publish books and work to #endbookdeserts in a literacy-building project

Hope in a Box 19.10.2020 23:16 ↓

This organization donates literature featuring LGBTQ protagonists and coaches educators on LGBTQ themes and inclusive pedagogy - so that all children feel accepted in their communities.

Book Access in a Pandemic 25.08.2020 28:34 ↓

BookSmiles, Book Depot, and United Through Reading respond to the pandemic and their creative solutions to end book deserts.

The Author Experience 29.07.2020 33:10 ↓

Find out how connecting authors and children to share stories is essential to #endbookdeserts.

Unite for Literacy 15.07.2020 19:26 ↓

This episode explores how the term 'book desert' was coined and overviews the presence of book deserts.

The Leaders Readers Network 17.06.2020 27:18 ↓

This Texas-based project aims to change the world through education equity and literacy for all.

Pam Allyn & Scholastic 20.05.2020 27:37 ↓

Find out how LitCamp has pivoted during #covid19, and the resources from Scholastic to #endbookdeserts.

Middle Grade Authors Take Action 05.05.2020 27:15 ↓

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and Padma Venkatraman create a literacy initiative and social media movement to end book deserts during the COVID19 pandemic.

Book Access During COVID19 27.04.2020 21:31 ↓

We check back in with previous guests to see how they're addressing book access during the COVID pandemic.

Too Small to Fail 20.04.2020 19:24 ↓

The Clinton Foundation's early childhood initiative, Too Small to Fail, shows that talking, reading, and singing is learning.

Pajama Program 28.03.2020 16:52 ↓

Find out how books are an essential component of this organization, working to create safe bedtime routines for children living in book deserts.

Baseball and Books 17.03.2020 30:06 ↓

Discover what a World Series winning pitcher is doing to promote reading culture.

Barbershops and Beyond 09.03.2020 30:09 ↓

The Conscious Connect and Barbershop Books work to end book deserts across community spaces

Children's Literacy Foundation 02.03.2020 27:43 ↓

Join author-illustrator Jason Chin and Vermont-based CLIF for how to #endbookdeserts in rural communities.

Book Harvest 24.02.2020 35:00 ↓

Find out more about North Carolina-based Book Harvest and their belief that reading and learning are a right, not a privilege.

Literacy INC 17.02.2020 15:06 ↓

New York-based LINC ends book deserts through community programming.

Book Love Foundation 10.02.2020 25:31 ↓

Teacher Penny Kittle discusses her foundation's work to #endbookdeserts by supplying classroom libraries to high school teachers.

Nic Stone 03.02.2020 29:01 ↓

Best selling author Nic Stone discusses her efforts to promote reading culture.

LitWorld and Pam Allyn 20.01.2020 25:26 ↓

Pam Allyn explains the collaboration between LitWorld, Scholastic, and World Read Aloud Day.

Books In Baltimore 06.01.2020 29:11 ↓

#OneBookBaltimore and the Maryland Book Bank works to #endbookdeserts in Baltimore and the mid-Atlantic.