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Donation to Le Sueur Henderson School District In a combined effort with the Le Sueur Rotary Legacy Fund’s donation, Maureen’s Readers donated $2500 to the Le Sueur Henderson School District. This greatly appreciated donation will be used to enhance access to literature for the youngest Le Sueur and Henderson residents. Maureen’s Readers is very excited … Continue reading Donation to Le Sueur Henderson School District

So many books! Fourth Grade teacher Lyndsey Steele received her book order from Maureen’s Readers. She and her teaching team are excited about getting fresh Book Club material. It is truly uplifting to work with teachers so dedicated to the education of their students!

First graders listening and reading Mrs. Mahnke’s first graders at Rice Lake Elementary are enjoying the 15 CD books and the new CD players provided by Maureen’s Readers. She reports that this was a big hit with the class!

Mr. Saline featuring “The Watson’s go to Birmingham” for his class. Maureen's Readers provided 34 books for a "book club" at Rice Lake Elementary. Book clubs at elementary schools is a key initiative and something Maureen had started. Fifth grade teacher Teacher Mr. Saline wanted to feature “The Watson’s go to Birmingham” for his class. … Continue reading Books for a ‘Book Club’!

With the two-week Winter Break approaching for local schools, we wanted to make sure kids had the opportunity to read over the break. Selected first grade students were given the opportunity to pick some books to put in their backpacks and take home for Holiday reading. The students were so excited to be able to … Continue reading Sending books home for the holidays

Preschool teachers Rosemary and Krystel accepting “Big Books” from Maureen’s Readers. Very appreciative and looking forward to getting books from us in January to give to their two classes.

Students at the Book Fair Maureen’s Readers again supported the voucher system at the Rice Lake Elementary Scholastic Book Fair. Students that would not be able to participate were given a voucher to pick a book of their choice. No student was left out. We are so happy to have included all students in this … Continue reading Maureen’s Readers helps support Book Fair

Julie Winslow Maureen’s Readers received our order of over 600 books to stock our “stash” for the teachers of Rice Lake Elementary in Maple Grove. Teachers will access these books and give them to students, fulfilling our mission to foster reading and build home libraries. We are particularly interested in students who would ordinarily be … Continue reading 600 books delivered to Rice Lake

Dennis delivers the books! On Wednesday, October 30th Maureen’s Readers distributed 126 books to the kindergarten classes at Rice Lake Elementary, Maple Grove, MN . Pictured are students in Mrs. Thom’s class. I think the picture tells how the books were received! 

I'm are pleased to provide an update on Maureen’s Readers activities. We are excited about some things we have in the works. We have been allocated bookshelf space in a secure cabinet at Rice Lake Elementary in Maple Grove for what we're calling a book “stash.” We will keep the cabinet stocked with K-5 reading level books. … Continue reading September Update