NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
09.19.13
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Betsy Heck
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Booksource Sends Classroom Libraries to
Moore, OK & Newtown, CT
St. Louis, MO: Booksource and 44 publishers* have joined together to donate more than 8,500
books to the two elementary schools destroyed by tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma in May 2013 and
to Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut.
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Each of the 38 classrooms from Kindergarten through 6 grade in Briarwood Elementary School and
Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, OK will receive more than 150 new books – totaling more
than 5,000 books – along with free book bins to store the books.
More than 3,500 books are being donated to the relocated students and teachers of Sandy Hook
Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. These books will be used for an elementary bookroom that
are available to all students in the school.
“It is our honor and privilege to help these schools get back on their feet after the tragedies they’ve
suffered in their communities,” said Gary Jaffe, CEO of GL group, parent company of Booksource.
“We’re passionate about reading and education. Maya Angelou once said ‘Any book that helps a
child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for
him.’ We couldn’t agree more, and we hope this donation will get books back in the hands of the
children and help rebuild the reading programs in Moore and Newtown.”
Trucks are scheduled to leave the Booksource warehouse on Macklind Avenue in St. Louis on Friday,
September 20, 2013 for Moore, OK and Newtown, CT; the books are expected to arrive at their
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respective locations by Tuesday or Wednesday, September 24 or 25 . Representatives from
Booksource will head to Moore next week to help teachers unpack and inventory all of their books.
Booksource, a division of GL group, Inc., is the premier trade book distributor to K-12 school
classrooms across the country. Working with hundreds of publishers representing more than 30,000
book titles, Booksource creates collections of authentic literature aligned to state standards and
reading levels, making it easy for educators to match trade books to their curriculum. In business
since 1974, Booksource is based in St. Louis, Missouri.
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*List of publishers on reverse
List of publishers partnering with Booksource to donate books:
Abrams Learning Trends
Albert Whitman & Company
Arte Publico Press
Barron's Educational Series
Black Rabbit Books
Booksource on Demand
Boyds Mills Press
Capstone Press
Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Charlesbridge Publishing
Crabtree Publishing
Creative Teaching Press
Dover Publications
Educational Development Corporation Publishing
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Hachette Book Group
Harper Collins Publishers
Holiday House
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Kane Miller Book Publishers
Kids Can Press
Lee & Low Books
Lerner Publications
Lerner Publishing Group
Macmillan Publishing
National Book Network
National Geographic Children’s Books
Newmark Learning
Norwood House Press
Orca Book Publishers
Peachtree Publishers
Random House, Inc
Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Rourke Publishing
Saddleback Educational Publishing
Scholastic Library Publishing
Scobre Press
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Steck Vaughn
Sundance/Newbridge Publishing
Sylvan Dell Publishing
Tilbury House Publisher