Birthday Books Program & First Book Club
Happy Birthday Students!
For several years, the PEF Grants Committee had been funding the Birthday Books Program at one of our elementary schools. The idea of the Birthday Books Program was brought to us by teachers Kara Migliozzi and Jill Holden who suggested that on a child’s birthday, they could pick out their own book and keep it forever.
Many children from within our City come from homes where books are not readily available. The objective of the Birthday Books Program is to help children and families see books as valuable treasures and treats that can be enjoyed as presents and shared with the entire family. The Birthday Books Program hopes to foster a love of reading and books, promote family time together and help families to realize the importance of having books in the home to read again and again.
Each elementary school has a member of the teaching staff who is coordinating the ordering of books for their school. Books ordered cover grades 3-5, are high interest, and represent the cultures and diversity of the students. Books are distributed by each elementary school to their own students with a Happy Birthday sticker included inside each book.
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Peabody Education Foundation
The Peabody Education Foundation provides unique programs and advanced technology to thousands of students and teachers who might otherwise not enjoy such experiences due to budget constraints.
P.O. Box 233
Peabody, MA 01960
info@peabodyedfoundation.org