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BookSpring Joins Coalition to Advance Diverse Books

BookSpring has joined the Diverse Books for All Coalition, a new initiative addressing the need for increased access to diverse ...
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St. Andrew’s Book Drive Teaches Giving and Love of Reading

Book Drives Give Back At St. Andrew's Episcopal School, students recently learned about the importance of giving back through a ...
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Staff Spotlight: Bianca Paz-Cisneros, Director of Development and Public Relations

What is your job title at BookSpring and what does it mean to you? As the Director of Development and ...
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Print-to-Speech and Speech-to-Print: Mapping Early Literacy

By: Jeannine Herron, et al. In this overview, learn how early literacy benefits from both print-to-speech and speech-to-print instruction, creating ...
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How to Keep the Four Flows Going

by Dr. Emily Ball Cicchini, Executive Director As we kick off this new year, our 49th of continuous operation, the ...
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Staff Spotlight: Sarah Hill, Accounting Manager

What is your job at BookSpring? I’m the Accounting Manager, so I handle the financial books and assist with fundraising ...
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Annual Survey Shows Troubling Drop in Print Books at Home

Parents and educators alike need timely information about how reading today may be different than it was in the past ...
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Reading to Children and Post-Reading Activities

By: María José Meneses, Originally published in Porch.com Parents and other family members can enhance the benefits kids can obtain by ...
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Staff Spotlight: Jimmy Minter, Operations Manager

What is your job at BookSpring? I’m BookSpring’s Operations Manager. That means I have a uniquely diversified role. I manage ...
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Read Aloud Tips from Reading Is Fundamental

BookSpring is proud that our roots come from Reading Is Fundamental, the national program headquartered in Washington DC.  In addition ...
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Books Beginning at Birth: A New Partnership for Birth to Age 4

Books Beginning at Birth Program for Texas Families Early childhood programs have long-lasting impacts on children, families, and broader communities ...
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We love getting letters from our kids!

Has your family ever been given a book at your school or doctor's office?  Check for the BookSpring sticker!  If ...
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Learn All About BookSpring’s New Home

It's official!  BookSpring has moved our headquarters to a new location in South Austin, 1807 W. Slaughter Lane, Building #1.  ...
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In Loving Memory of Ethan Woodfield Eiler

Ethan Woodfield Eiler of Austin, Texas, passed away on Monday, June 13, 2022, at 22. His family asks everyone to ...
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Summer Success 2022 Program Recap

Summer Success 2022 Program Recap This May, BookSpring visited six campuses in three Central Texas cities—Austin, Del Valle, and Pflugerville—and ...
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Dig Into Reading Event Celebrates BookSpring Friends & Funders

Despite an unexpected but welcome Spring rain storm, about 35 supporters and friends of BookSpring gathered to celebrate early literacy ...
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Partner Spotlight: Barbara Mott, Rodriguez Elementary School

In April, the Rodriguez Elementary library magically morphed into a science lab equipped with safety goggles, experiment materials, and an ...
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Partner Spotlight: Perez Elementary School

Partner Spotlight is on Perez Elementary School. With BookSpring’s Books for Me program this month, Perez Elementary librarian Randi Sather ...
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That’s a wrap on the 2022 Family Readathon! 

Congratulations to all Family Readathon participants! Readers rose to the challenge to read a total of 90,253 minutes in February ...
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Reflections on Seven Years as Executive Director

February 25th marks my employment anniversary as Executive Director of BookSpring, which started in 2015. As my motto is “Follow ...
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Family Readathon Book List

Family Readathon readers have logged over 43,000 minutes and counting! We are blown away by everyone's commitment to reading for ...
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Austin PBS partners with BookSpring

Austin PBS has partnered with us to promote learning activities around school readiness, emphasizing literacy. Our ultimate goal is to ...
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Christmas & Hanukkah – A Time of Stories

Stories from Two World Traditions Two of America's biggest holidays happen this month: Hanukkah and Christmas. While I've been celebrating ...
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Holiday Book Reviews

'Tis the season for reading! The holiday break is a great opportunity for kids to kick back and relax. What ...
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Update: Impactful Giving with the CARES Act Ends 2021

Do you want to get a tax deduction, but don't want to itemize your return?  Well, this is the year ...
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