First Book-LCSC participates in Family Reading Week Activities

First Book-LCSC is teaming up with the Lewiston and Grangeville public libraries and will provide free books to children participating in Idaho Family Reading Week activities. The books are funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

First Book-LCSC representatives will join Heather Stout from the Lewiston Public Library to distribute books and take part in reading events for third, fourth and sixth graders at Webster Elementary on Nov. 15 at 9:30 a.m. It’s the second such event this month as LCSC representatives and Stout distributed nearly 50 books to fifth graders at Lewiston’s Whitman Elementary School on Nov. 3.

Books also will be provided to Grangeville Public Library for its family pajama party and story hour on Nov 16.

Idaho Family Reading Week, which runs Nov. 13-19, is sponsored by the Idaho State Library. The project encourages parents and caregivers to nurture their children’s early literacy skills by reading with them.

First Book-LCSC works to promote and facilitate the distribution of books to literacy programs in the area served by Lewis-Clark State College including Lapwai, Grangeville, Orofino, Kooskia, Kamiah, Clarkston, Asotin and surrounding areas. Nationally, the First Book program has distributed more than 20 million new books in the last three years.

For more information about First Book-LCSC or to volunteer, contact Charlette Kremer, coordinator at (208) 792-2084. To learn more about First Book or to donate a book to a child who needs it, visit www.firstbook.org.