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LBUSD: Free Children's Books Distributed

More than 75,000 books are being distributed to local students.

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FREE BOOKS – Students and families at Nieto Herrera Elementary School receive free children's books during a recent outdoor book distribution.
FREE BOOKS – Students and families at Nieto Herrera Elementary School receive free children's books during a recent outdoor book distribution. (Long Beach Unified School District)

Press release from the Long Beach Unified School District:

November 12, 2020

Students and families at Nieto Herrera Elementary School were among the first in the Long Beach Unified School District to receive $655,000 in free children's books during a recent outdoor book distribution. More than 75,000 books are being distributed to local students.

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The donation is part of 651,802 books and magazines valued at nearly $5 million that the Foundation has given to groups in California through the 2020 Book Buddies program called Families Learning Together.

Learn more in this Oct. 23 announcement from the school district.

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