7,500 books given away in Burnaby
First Book Canada donated 45,000 books to kids all over B.C. last week, and Burnaby kids were among the recipients.
First Book was at Cameray Child and Family Services on Thursday, distributing more than 7,500 new, high quality books.
Cameray was one of 124 groups across B.C. that registered for the books. This the largest distribution in First Book Canada’s history.
Cameray offers a Literacy Circle Program, which gets children from 18 months to five years old reading books, singing songs and playing literacy games to help build literacy skills in the early years.
In this group, the kids are encouraged to read by getting one free book for every 10 books the parents read to their child at home.
Companies who donated the books to First Book Canada are Owlkids Books, Orca Book Publishers and Raincoast Books.
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