Philadelphia Created Book Nooks to Celebrate MLK Day

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Philadelphia Created Book Nooks to Celebrate MLK Day

Posted by Susanne R. Bell on January 31, 2017 at 11:22am

To celebrate MLK, Jr. Day in Philadelphia, Mayor Jim Kenney led a group of volunteers in creating book shelves called “book nooks,” for a project sponsored by Read by 4th, the local Campaign for Grade-Level Reading coalition.

The nooks, book shelves donated by IKEA, will hold 18,000 books donated by Scholastic Press. Eventually finding a home in barber shops, nail salons and laundromats, the book nooks will operate as local mini libraries. Locations include Philadelphia City Hall, the African American Museum and High Point Cafe. Here's a map of Book Nook locations.

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Krista K. Dawson February 3, 2017 at 9:04am

Ditto David's request. We have been pondering non traditional outlets for books and this totally fits the bill. Would love contact information or your approach to get donations.
Krista Dawson,
Richmond Public library
804-646-4147
- Susanne R. Bell > Krista K. Dawson February 3, 2017 at 9:51am
  
  Hi Krista! The lead in Philadelphia is Jenny Bogoni. You can reach her at bogonij@freelibrary.org. She has more information about the specifics. It was my pleasure to share this information, but don't have more information about the details.
  - Krista K. Dawson > Susanne R. Bell February 3, 2017 at 11:02am
    
    Thanks Susanne, I reached out! :)
    - Susanne R. Bell > Krista K. Dawson February 3, 2017 at 11:03am
      
      Wonderful--please let us know how creating non-traditional outlets for books goes in Richmond!
David Shapiro February 2, 2017 at 6:46pm

Susanne -

We would love to do this in Denver. Are you able to give me any information on contacts at IKEA or Scholastic Press that we could reach out to?

Kindly,

David Shapiro
EPIC
303-319-3350
- Susanne R. Bell > David Shapiro February 3, 2017 at 9:51am
  
  Hi David! The lead in Philadelphia is Jenny Bogoni. You can reach her at bogonij@freelibrary.org. She has more information about the specifics. It was my pleasure to share this information, but don't have more information about the details.

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