Impact

When I told my class about the Book Trust program in September, one of my most introverted children, whispered under her breath, "Am I in Heaven?" It was one of the sweetest moments of my teaching career!"

My son was reading below grade level. Now that he has the books at home to read, his reading scores up."

I noticed groups of students who love to order same or similar books. I was wondering why they were ordering similar types of stories. During independent reading time, there was a group of students huddled at the corner. They made their own reading group!"

You'll have kids come in with zero English and by the end of the year, they are fluently reading a grade level above from where they started…. this happens because of the books they have at home."

I have students whose parent cannot read so the opportunity to take home books each month is incredible. Every month when their order comes in, the girls' faces light up with joy. It is comforting to know that because of this program these girls have books at home. "

We wrapped our March Book Trust book order in gold foil paper and pretended that the leprechaun brought them (even though they recognized the books as the ones they chose). The students loved it and we were thankful to be able to do that for them."

All of our students love Elephant and Piggie and Pete the Cat books. But our library only has a few of these titles. Now because of Book Trust, our kids are able to select their own Elephant and Piggie and Pete the Cat titles and build their personal libraries with books they love."

When football players from one of the local high schools came to deliver the books, our kids were so excited and had all the players sign their Book Trust books. Upon listening to the conversations between the players and the students, it was nice to hear the high school boys telling the kids about their favorite books when they were young. This connected the kids to hearing how important it was to read, and that even cool football players enjoy reading!"

When it comes to fostering a love of reading, I think that's the first thing that students need—to be able to read what they want to read about."

Thank you Book Trust for giving me my first book that I get to keep!"