Books & Buddies

Books & Buddies is a Multi-Generational Reading Program developed to improve the literacy skills of children by partnering them with volunteer mentors acting as reading companions. Working together, the volunteer and student focus on improving the child’s reading proficiency, comprehension, and oral reading skills.
Books & Buddies mentors provide the much-needed individualized support to foster a love of reading while improving skills and confidence.
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Spread the Word Nevada is a children’s lit­er­acy non­profit, 501 (C)(3) cor­po­ra­tion, ded­i­cated to advanc­ing early child­hood lit­er­acy by plac­ing books into the hands and homes of chil­dren within Nevada’s at-risk, low income com­mu­ni­ties. While devel­op­ing a love of read­ing, these libraries pro­mote future aca­d­e­mic achieve­ment and self-confidence, which impacts life­long success.
Since 2001, Spread the Word Nevada has dis­trib­uted more than 7 mil­lion gen­tly used and new books to more than 830,000 low-income youth in Nevada.