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Monday, September 27, 2010 2:16 PM
Students in poverty who receive regular shipments of books and other reading materials show positive effects on reading performance on standardized and other reading tests, as well as motivation towards and attitudes about reading, according to a new...
Monday, September 13, 2010 12:21 PM
L.A.-based non-profit serving SoCal’s most impoverished school libraries partners with Canadian children’s author, Helaine Becker, to put books on Bunche Elementary’s empty shelves
Los Angeles – As part of their ongoing...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 10:51 AM
Access Books has scheduled its first library refurbishment of the fall 2010 semester: Bunche Elementary in Compton! On October 2nd, we're partnering with children's author Helaine Becker and the "Air Lift to L.A." team to get new books into...
Monday, May 10, 2010 2:08 PM
Great article from 4LAKids.com about the state of school libraries in L.A. and what we can do about it. An excerpt:
"Students need nurses, they need counselors and the services of psychologists. They need arts and music education. There is no more...
Monday, April 26, 2010 11:09 AM
We're now registered on Allthis.com, a marketplace that lets people turn their time and skills into a fundraiser for their favorite causes. Is giving inner-city students better libraries important to you? If so, consider joining the Access Books team on...
Thursday, April 8, 2010 9:31 AM
“There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.” Andrew Carnegie
Libraries have historically been vital instruments...
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