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Barnes & Noble & Judith’s Reading Room Set to Kick-off Holiday Book Drive
October 8, 2026 —Barnes & Noble-Wyomissing and Blandon-based Judith’s Reading Room are teaming up November 1 – December 15 to help fill “book deserts” in nearly a dozen low-income schools, libraries, book mobiles and day care centers. Kids thirst for great books that too often their parents can’t afford.
February 13, 2026 — Blandon, PA — Barnes & Noble Wyomissing PA customers were more than generous this past holiday season as the store honored Judith’s Reading Room for the sixth straight year as its chosen charity.
Kids in need received a total of 822 children’s books with a total cover price of $7,500 that were purchased by generous and compassionate customers. Beneficiaries included kids without many books at home who attend Paxinosa Elementary School in Easton, PA; elementary scholars at Mosaic Preparatory Academy in East Harlem, NY; Navajo children who live on the reservation without a library in Chinle, AZ; and, Louisiana United Methodist Children & Family Services, in Ruston, LA, an organization that serves rescued children caught up in the crime of child trafficking.
Barnes & Noble Wyomissing has selected — for the 5th year in a row — Judith’s Reading Room as its Holiday Book Drive Charity. The Holiday Book Drive kicks off on November 1, 2024 and continues through mid-December.
Wyomissing’s Barnes & Noble selected Judith’s Reading Room, a local nonprofit literacy organization, as their Holiday charity because it has consistently demonstrated that it knows how to get books into the hands of the most needy.
Judith’s Reading Room, a literacy nonprofit organization established in 2010 in the memory of Judith Krug, a librarian, this week donated dozens of books by #1 best-selling authors, Newbery Medal and National Book Award winners to Children’s Home of Easton (CHE) in Easton, PA marking 12 years of sustained investment in the future success of at-risk youth.
Judith’s Reading Room, a literacy non-profit, applauds the staff and customers of Barnes & Noble Wyomissing, Pennsylvania for supporting it as their Holiday Book Drive Charity. This holiday season, book lovers donated over 150 children’s books with a cover price value of $1,438.
Judith’s Reading Room was selected – for the 2nd year in a row – as the Barnes & Noble Wyomissing PA 2021 Holiday Book Drive Charity. The receiving organizations have provided the excitement and photos of the exceptional book donations! Check these out and come back to check for UPDATES!
On May 5, 2013, members of the Judith’s Reading Room Board of Directors hosted teens from the Children’s Home of Easton on a trip to Malvern, Pa. to meet Newberry-winning author Jerry Spinelli. The group spoke to the author at the People’s Light and Theater before attending the play adaption of Spinelli’s novel Stargirl. Spinelli,…
Donated 450 books and a mobile library cart valued at $5,926 to Children’s Home of Easton, Easton, PA, a “home away from home” for at-risk youth who cannot live at home through no fault of their own. The donation includes a literacy-rich initiative: the inauguration of a Judith’s Reading Room Book Group. The reading initiative…