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“That’s IT! The book I’ve always wanted!” James practically dove across the table to snatch a copy of the graphic novel “Bone,” peeking...

“Earlier this month, James and 447 other students at Y. E. Smith Elementary School in East Durham participated in Books on Break, a...

Memories of these, my beloved childhood feline companions, came rushing back at me last month, as I stood sorting donated books in the...

by Sierra Wingate-Bey, Fletcher Fellow, A.J. Fletcher Foundation ​Volunteering as a personal shopper for Books on Break has been the...

by Meghan O’Donnell, MBA candidate, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School On January 19th (MLK Day), I joined countless volunteers to help...

by Daniele Berman, Operations Manager Once upon a time—is 2013 long enough ago to count as “once upon a time”? all good stories start...

by Ginger Young, founder and executive director Originally printed in the Durham Herald-Sun, April 18, 2015 Peaches. Lorna Doone. Pearl....

Summertime can be filled with days at the pool or beach, trips to see family and friends and spending time outside. But for too many...

by Sarah Wessell, former Book Harvest board member My son, nine years old, and not quite to the age that a crying mother embarasses him,...