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Public libraries, community partners focus on summer book deserts in ...

Fresno County Public Library departed from toys and fast food coupons as incentives for its 2017 Summer Challenge. Instead, the library awarded books as prizes in the eight-week reading program. read more

Fresno County schoolchildren lack books to read in summer | Fresno Bee

Fresno County is a book desert in the summer, ... the Fresno County Public Library has just over 286,000 children’s books in its catalog for approximately 98,000 elementary-aged children in the ... read more

Fresno County finalizes plan for committee to screen kids’ books at ...

A new committee of political appointees could be in place within the next few months to begin reviewing books for possible removal from children’s sections of public library branches in Fresno ... read more