There isn't much time left, applications for this grant must be sent in by January 31, 2013.
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Donation Grant
is designed to help bring books into the lives of
children in need, whether they are latchkey, preschool programs, faith-based reading projects,
and homeless shelters. The committee's Public Awareness Campaign notes that books and reading add value to children's lives.
Every year, in the process of choosing the Coretta Scott King Book Award
winners and honor books, the Ethnic and Multicultural Information
Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) of the American Library Association
receives multiple copies of approximately 100 titles by African American
authors and illustrators, including a full set of the year's winning
and honor titles. The Awards
Committee believes children lives should be saturated with books and
reading opportunities. and the Book Donation Grant is designed to help address that
objective. The books submitted to the prior year's Coretta Scott King book award are made available through these grants. These books may go to nontraditional
institutions that provide both educational and custodial services to
children and their families and to under-funded libraries.
Applications must be received by January 31, 2013.
For additional information and application instructions, visit, www.ala.org/emiert/cskbookawards/bookgrant.
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