books purchased with the grant

The Abingdon-Avon Elementary libraries received a $4900 Back to Books Grant from the Illinois State Library to purchased books in support of the SuperKids reading program used in grades K-2. Each reading unit has 4 suggested books to share with the students. The libraries have 105 of the 744 suggested titles. The grant will allowed the purchase of about 422 of the titles. The books will also be able to be checked out by any student after they are used in the classroom. With the grant we are able to have at least two titles per unit available for the teachers to use. The Back to Books Grant is funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act dollars.