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Coronavirus COVID-19 Impact and Updates
Current Status: BookSpring is open as an essential business providing services to low-income families in Central Texas. However, we are ...
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Sharing Support for Parents and Caregivers
By Emily Ball Cicchini, PhD Making Back To School Special This year back to school feels so strange for so ...
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H-E-B is Committed to Literacy Efforts
Our friends at H-E-B at N. Lamar and Rundberg have a little more in store for teachers and families preparing ...
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Our Board Members Make a Difference
BookSpring's Board of Directors is comprised of individuals committed to ensuring we do the best work possible in pursuit of ...
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Reflections on Another Year of Service
by Emily Ball Cicchini, Executive Director Considering all the challenges for the past fiscal year (July 1, 2019- June 30, ...
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Home Grown Book Lovers
We're reposting this guest blog, by Natalia Mirkowicz, to encourage parents and caregivers, during quarantine, to establish a reading routine ...
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Volunteer Spotlight: Suzi Scaramuzza
Over the years we have been fortunate to work with the wonderful ladies of the National Charity League (NCL). The ...
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Meet the Staff: Andrea Angelo
What is your job at BookSpring? Director of Development and Marketing What do you like about your job at BookSpring? ...
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Books to Read This Summer
Lorena Koppel recommends you spend your summer relaxing and enjoying a great book! If you loved the Percy Jackson series ...
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Book Review of Lift As You Climb
Lift as You Climb The Story of Ella Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell Review by Frannie Rooney, Literacy First Volunteer ...
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How to Create a Reader Friendly Home
The promotion of literacy at home has long term benefits for the whole family. Reading together not only has developmental ...
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Reading Helps Children have a Fun and Fulfilling Summer
By: Dana Silverman With the summer break now in session, most children now have plenty of free time. So what ...
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Homes with Children Hardest Hit by Job Loses
A recent survey released by the U.S. Census shows that 55% of households with job loss had children in the ...
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Strengthening families in our community
Reading regularly with young children stimulates optimal patterns of brain development. Books in the home and reading together can strengthen ...
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Reading and Friendship: Shruti’s Story
An interest in books that starts during childhood can lead to much more than academic success. Teenage volunteer Shruti Vadlakonda ...
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Meet the Staff: Evan Rosenblum
We are shining the Workforce Wednesday spotlight on our AmeriCorps VISTA, Evan Rosenblum. He believes that books are a critical ...
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Starting a book club with friends
Najla Albeayeyz is a BookSpring volunteer from Saudia Arabia who started a book club during her junior year of high ...
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Connecting with your children at home
There is no doubt that coronavirus has changed all of our lives. We’ve all been impacted in different ways and ...
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Volunteer Spotlight: Kacy Vega
The spotlight is on our volunteer Kacy Vega. She is a resident of San Diego, California but originally hails from ...
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Reading Together as a Family
Reading together as a family and doing activities related to the story is a great way to fill your time ...
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Meet the Staff: Shannon Thorne
What is your job at BookSpring? I run the educational programs which work with elementary schools to provide books to ...
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Meet the Staff: Katie Mathews
What is your job at BookSpring? I'm BookSpring's Go Program Manager. That means I manage all of our programs that ...
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Destinee’s YA Book Recommendations
Volunteer blogger Destinee McGhee returns with an eclectic selection of books to review for BookSpring! In honor of Asian and ...
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Meet the Staff: Suzanne MacGillivray
This week the staff spotlight is on Suzanne MacGillivray. What is your job at BookSpring? I’m the Development Associate. I’m ...
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Sylvie’s YA Book Recommendations
Sylvie is a seventeen-year-old who loves reading! She is virtually volunteering with BookSpring to “spread kindness to others and put ...
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Books and Yoga with Raaga
Book drives are a great way to engage your family, friends, neighbors, or colleagues in a low effort project with ...
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Barbara’s Picture Book Recommendations
Reading is a great activity to relax and calm anxious nerves. We recommend families read together twice a day to ...
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Meet the Staff: Dana Silverman
It's National Volunteer Week (April 19 - 25) and we want to shine the spotlight on our AmeriCorps VISTA, Dana ...
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National Volunteer Week: Cassandra’s Reviews
In honor of National Volunteer Week (April 19th – April 25th), BookSpring is highlighting contributions from volunteers, who are critical ...
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National Volunteer Week: Sameer’s Reviews
In honor of National Volunteer Week (April 19th – April 25th), BookSpring is highlighting contributions from volunteers, who are critical ...
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Must Read Series: Young Adult Books
Destinee has a passion for books and reading! Here are her Young Adult book recommendations for you. These books are ...
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We Love Our Volunteers
It’s National Volunteer Week! We want to take this time to give a heartfelt THANK YOU to all of the ...
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Meet the Staff: Shefali Tewari
This week the staff spotlight is on Shefali Tewari. She has worked with non-profits for the past 25 years and ...
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Comienza un Club de Lectura en casa
English Translation Un club de lectura puede ser una forma divertida y creativa de alentar el entusiasmo por la lectura ...
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Start a Book Club at Home
Spanish Translation A book club can be a fun and creative way to encourage enthusiasm for reading. It’s an informal ...
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Must Read Series: Harry the Dirty Dog
BookSpring recommends these online learning resources. Select Storyonline to view Betty White reading Harry the Dirty Dog Students from Gorzycki ...
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Must Read Series : Ramona
April 12th is Beverly Cleary's birthday! Beverly is a children's book author with many prestigious awards, including a Living Legend ...
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Must Read Series: Junie B. Jones
Students from Gorzycki Middle School are helping BookSpring remind kids reading can help them learn and grow. They are reminding ...
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Must Read Series: Green Eggs and Ham
Students from Gorzycki Middle School are helping BookSpring remind kids reading can help them learn and grow. They are reminding ...
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Actividades de aprendizaje para niños
English Translation Si usted es un educador que busca soluciones de aprendizaje a distancia, o un padre que busca maneras ...
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BookSpring Recommends Online Learning Resources
Spanish Translation Whether you are an educator looking for online learning solutions, or a parent looking for ways of keeping ...
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Tax benefits of the CARES Act
We hope that you and your family are taking special care during this time of uncertainty and isolation. Just know ...
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Meet the Staff: Clare Bresnan
BookSpring staff is eager to serve! As we pivot our programs to better serve families in our community, we will ...
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BookSpring Recommends Unite For Literacy
Parents and caregivers looking for wonderful non-fiction and board-book style e-books will be thrilled by Unite for Literacy's free browser-based ...
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BookSpring Recommends Storyweaver
Are you looking for thousands of free books to read, sorted by age and topic, and available in dozens of ...
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BookSpring Recomienda Bibliotecas Digitales para Niños
English Translation Gracias a la digitalización de libros, las familias pueden acceder una variedad de títulos desde su hogar. Hay ...
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BookSpring Recommends Free Digital Libraries for Children
Spanish Translation Thanks to the digitization of books, families can access a range of titles without leaving the comforts of ...
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Partner Spotlight: Our H-E-B
Amidst a great amount of change and uncertainty throughout the current public health crisis, we’d like to shine a spotlight ...
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Loving Literacy as an AmeriCorps Member
My name is Dana Silverman, and I joined the BookSpring team in March of 2020! I’ll be helping to develop ...
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