Barnes and Noble Announces Partnership with Reading Is Fundamental’s Nationwide Reading Initiative “Rally to Read 100”

Barnes & Noble is thrilled to announce their partnership with Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) for their second annual Rally to Read 100 campaign. The six-month initiative invites students nationwide to pledge to read 100 books over the course of the campaign, from October 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023.

As an Inspiration Partner of Rally to Read 100, Barnes & Noble will contribute to many aspects of the campaign. The bookseller is to contribute 10,000 books in donations of 100 books to 100 classrooms across the country. It contributes to the launch kits distributed to 1,000 classrooms, supports Storytime read-alouds with many best-selling authors and will host the culmination event at the bookseller’s flagship store in Union Square, NYC, on Read Across America Day, March 2, 2023. Barnes & Noble will kick off the campaign as the featured sponsor for the month of October representing the Community theme. Authors spotlighted in monthly selections of #BNStorytime picks include Naaz Khan, Peter Reynolds, Nilah Magruder, Suzanne Lang, Marianne Richmond and Kobi Yamada. These and more can be found on the Rally to Read website, as well as on the #BNStorytime YouTube page.
more at: https://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/press-release/barnes-noble-announces-partnership-reading-fundamentals-nationwide-reading-initiative-rally-read-100/

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