Health in Hearne . In the clinics , children aged 0 to 5 take home a five-pack of books , which they receive at their annual check-up . Little Free Libraries , with books available for the taking , are set up inside the Brookshire Brothers and the Hearne Supermarket in Hearne . Anyone can take a book or place one on the shelf . “ At the grocery stores , they ’ re very popular ,” says Villareal . Books are also given away to Title I schools in Mumford , Calvert , and Hearne . “ We have been hearing from the nurses , from the grocery store managers , from the teachers , just how excited the kids are and how appreciative the parents are ,” she says . “ I think there is a real thirst for books in the community .”
“ The excitement of the kids — I just can ’ t explain it ,” says Roxanne Kleiber Mumford , principal of Mumford ISD in Bryan . She remembers when the pre-K children received their very own book . “ They were used to being able to get a book , but then having to give it back ,” she says . “ They were shocked when we told them that it was theirs to keep .”
Villareal hopes that through Books from Birth , she can get a minimum of 20 children ’ s books into each Brazos Valley home . “ There ’ s a lot of research showing that having 20 books at home makes it vastly more likely that a child will graduate from high school ,” she says . “ We don ’ t have numbers yet showing that test scores are going up , but we know that there ’ s a quality of life difference for kids to be able to cuddle up with parents at night and read a bedtime book .”
Books from Birth will host a book drive from Nov . 27 to Dec . 22 , 2021 . Board and picture books are needed , but they will accept any children ’ s books including young adult novels along with coloring and activity books . Books can be dropped off at Morningstar Storage , 10099 SH 30 , College Station . IN
For more information , visit sites . google . com / view / books-frombirth / home or email hearnebooksfrombirth @ gmail . com . For more information about the local Angel Tree program , visit salvationarmytexas . org .
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