Children’s books make great gifts, and during the month of December the Allan Hancock College Bookstore is making gift giving even more appealing by matching every children’s book sold with the donation of a book to Hancock’s Children’s Center Lab School.
The books were purchased by the bookstore, but handpicked by the Children’s Center staff. More than 250 titles are available, including an assortment of Hispanic titles, and prices range from $4 to $9.
“This collaboration is an extension of our philosophy that children need to be surrounded by books in order to learn to love reading, and that young children need to have books read to them every day,” Children’s Center Lab Director Thesa Roepke said.
Money from the bookstore sale will be used to purchase books to update the Children’s Center library.
“A child needs to read the same book or have it read to them at least 10 times in order to improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, and school readiness,” Roepke said in the release.
The Allan Hancock College Bookstore is located in the Student Center (building G) on the Santa Maria campus and is open Monday through Thursday, 7:45 a.m. to 6:45 p.m., and Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Starting Dec. 19, the store will be open Monday through Thursday only.
For more information, check the store’s website, bookstore.hancockcollege.edu, or call 922-6966, Ext. 3238.
This article appears in Dec 15-22, 2011.