Reading to Kids

After each reading club, the books are donated to the schools' libraries, and each child receives a reading-related prize for attending.

[1] The first reading clubs were offered in May 1999 at Gratts Elementary, a primary school in Los Angeles's Westlake neighborhood.

The children are grouped according to grade level, and grade-level-appropriate books are selected each month by school faculty.

To that end, 30 to 45 minutes of each session are reserved for a craft project, during which the students and volunteers create art related to the day's book.

Reading to Kids also strives to develop the library resources of participating schools through book donations.