Viking Bank (2237 NW 57th St) is collecting books for Page Ahead, a Ballard-based non-profit that promotes literacy. “Page Ahead operates on one simple and astounding fact: being read to as a youngster is the foremost predictor of academic success in childhood,” the website states.
The bank will be collecting the books until Thursday, December 23rd.
checking the Page Ahead webside, they are asking for New books only please.
I still read my old books to my grandchildren they are (5 and 7 yrs ) One of their favourite being *Susan’s Bears*. They love the stories and both have reading ages above their chronological age.
Susan aka Wil’s Mum
New is good but not always best!!
Great organization! Children who don;t have access to books fall farther and farther behind in reading levels at school. While I agree that new isn’t always best, it is nice, especially when your family may not have a lot of money, to have something that is not a hand-me-down.