25 Aug 2025

How charitable trust Story Store is getting more kids reading

From Afternoons, 1:33 pm on 25 August 2025

Auckland-based charitable trust Story Store collects second-hand children's books and distributes them to school libraries. 

The aim? To get tamariki in low-decile schools or those in schools with limited library funding enjoying the pleasure of reading books. 

The catch? The schools must need the books and they must be in excellent condition. 

Young asian woman teacher teaching kids in kindergarten classroom, preschool education concept

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