100 Book Challenge has enabled our school to provide our population of preK–5th grade students with 40,000 books [in] 100 regular education, special education, and ESOL classrooms….
—Gar Underwood, Assistant Principal, Hilton Head Elementary School, SC
Struggling readers were experiencing success since they were able to self-select books at their ‘just right’ level. The embedded incentive component encouraged our students to want to read more and move levels. As a reading teacher, I was so excited to hear my students discussing books. They were actually recommending book titles to each other. I also noticed a strong interest in the selection of non-fiction text.
—Reading Teacher, Baltimore County Public Schools, MD
The books are so beautiful and relevant, they are seen as the touchstones for classroom libraries. I was visiting a classroom and one little African-American girl pointed to the cover of a book she was reading and told me, ‘That girl looks like me!’ And she did. I asked her, ‘They wrote a book about you?’ The girl replied, ‘Yes, they did. And it’s a very good book.’
—Assistant Superintendent, NJ
We are thrilled with the wide range of genres and topics provided, and our children eagerly anticipate independent reading time each day.
—Dr. Cynthia M. Janssen, Chief Academic Office, Collier County School District, FL