While there are school resources for funding of literacy materials, there are financial limitations and gaps as to how schools can provide enrichment activities that enhance students’ literacy journeys. Support for continuously refreshing and expanding libraries often relies on school councils, grants, or small allocations from school budgets. Research highlights the importance of reading for pleasure as a key factor in inspiring lifelong readers and the development of critical literacy skills. Access to a diverse range of books plays a vital role in promoting literacy and promoting a love for reading.
Classroom libraries are a critical strategy towards making reading fun and ensuring students have access to the books that support this area of literacy development - removing barriers of access and creating equity of literacy learning.
Donations allow schools to purchase books to enhance and expand their classroom libraries. These new books ensure that these classrooms have enough books to accommodate ever-changing class sizes, and the wide range of abilities, interests, and cultural identities of the students and help lay the foundation of early literacy skills.
Classroom libraries facilitate ease of access to literature for students that in turn supports and nurtures a lifelong love of reading.
