Nobody writes proper thank-you notes anymore. It’s an unfortunate fact of our times.
That is: Except for young people at the Kindle Classroom Project!
Here are teacher Erin’s 10th graders showing off their thank-you cards to generous supporters of the Kindle Classroom Project. This semester, Erin’s students chose books to supplement their study of immigration and imperialism.
Here are some of their favorites:
Immigration
How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents
The Sun is Also A Star
Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card
The Radius of Us
The Devil’s Highway
Imperialism
Dune
Half of a Yellow Sun
Burn My Heart
Black Dove, White Raven
Out of the Shadows
All across the country, there are so many kind and generous people who are donating their used Kindles, buying new Kindles, donating money so students can request books they want to read, volunteering their time, and supporting the program in other ways. It’s a cliché to say that “this wouldn’t be possible without you,” but in this case, it’s entirely true!
The 2,000 students of the KCP are very grateful that they have unlimited access to reading. They get to choose the books that spark their curiosity, and they get to read wherever and whenever they want. Thank you for supporting young people and their reading lives!