We (and the kids) are going to spend the 2022-2023 school year on the ultimate road trip—
living in a tiny home school bus, visiting Title I elementary schools in all 50 states, doing presentations on creativity and collaboration, and handing out 25,000 free books to students and teachers who otherwise wouldn’t have access to them.
Why? Because books boost reading, academic performance, and language development. And because books are often scarce for the kids who need them most.
We’ve done a bunch of author visits and book giveaways in underserved communities, and the results are always the same: Kids dive into reading. They start telling their own stories. They gain a heightened sense of possibility.
The local impact has been amazing. Now we’re going to do it at a national level—with the help of our extraordinary partners:
- The incredible nonprofit First Book will help us identify schools where our visits will make the greatest impact.
- Our friends at Kent Cultural Alliance are accepting tax-deductible donations of $100 and above on our behalf.
- We’ll be using the DonorsChoose platform to set up micro-giving campaigns to help teachers in every state buy classroom supplies.
- We’re partnering with the Washington College Department of Education on a major research project to measure the impact of one-time author visits.
At every step, we’ll be bringing you with us—providing a first-hand glimpse of America’s incredible diversity of cultures, communities, and landscapes via daily photos, sketches, and videos.
Thanks to a handful of extremely generous supporters, we’ve raised funds to cover trip expenses and renovate the bus. But now we need to fill it with books.
Every $5 you contribute puts a book in the hands of a deserving kid. $150 buys books for an entire classroom.
To contribute, head to our GoFundMe page and sponsor a book or two (or more, if you’re able).
Many more stories to come, but for today, we wanted to share our excitement and invite you to be part of our adventure.
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