• Volunteers purchase age appropriate books and take them to the child care centers where they areorganized and made available to the children.
• Two books may be choesn by the students when they enter the child care program.  Each child maytake their book(s) home to keep as long as they wish.
• When the children want a new book, they bring the "old" book back to school on their Book Cycle day and trade it for another book of their choice.  The book exchange typically occurs once a week.
• Staff or volunteers at the sites read the book to the child and talk with the child about the book, asking questions such as, "Why did that happen?" of "What will happen next?" or "What does that picture tell us?"

Volunteering 

Book Cycle is run by volunteers who are passionate about early literacy in children and these volunteers dedicate their time to ensuring that children from low-income families have access to a wide variety of books that meet their interests. 

Current volunteer opportunities include

• Assiting at sites on Book Cycle days (typically Wednesdays and Thursdays)
• Help sort and organize book inventory
• Deliver books to sites
• Collect literacy data for Early Head Start

 If you are interested in volunteering, please contact careader at hotmail.com. 

Help Book Cycle Promote Early Literacy

Book Cycle is funded completely through donations.  To make a donation, use the PayPal button to the left and include Book Cycle in the "Purpose" field. Or, mail a check to Bauer Family Resources at: P.O Box 1186Lafayette, IN 47902 and write Book Cycle in the memo line.