LACONIA — The Children’s Literacy Foundation has awarded $25,000 Year of the Book grants to 10 schools, including Laconia Middle School and the Bridgewater-Hebron Village School in Bridgewater, allowing them to bring programming that includes visits by New Hampshire and Vermont authors, illustrators, poets, graphic novelists, and storytellers.
The Year of the Book grant also provides funds for classroom projects and new books for classrooms, the school library, and the local public library, as well as 10 new books for each child.
The grant is intended to provide low-income, at-risk, and rural children access to high-quality reading materials of their choice, and to get students excited about reading and writing.
Selected schools have demonstrated a commitment to literacy and creative ideas for promoting reading and writing, as well as high percentages of low-income students and students underperforming on reading and writing assessments.
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