Behind the Book
Behind the Book's mission is to inspire New York City public school students to love reading by bringing accomplished authors and their books into classrooms and creating rich, innovative literacy programs. The programs take place in Title I Pre-K - 12th grade schools, are part of the class curricula and meet the Common Core Learning Standards. Through a series of workshops, authors discuss their books and teach a genre of writing, encourage students to see themselves as readers and writers, and ultimately guide them in the creation of their own original writing. Behind the Book works with 17 schools in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx and will serve 2,000 students this year.
- Year
- 2023
- Purpose
- To support literacy engagement programs in three schools in the Columbia Community Service area: P.S. 125, P.S. 154, and P.S.92 Mary McLeod Bethune School.
- Amount
- $6,000
- Year
- 2022
- Purpose
- The CCS grant will support the literacy engagement programs at P.S. 125, now in its seventh year of partnership; P.S. 154, now in its eighth year of partnership; and Thurgood Marshall Academy, now in its eleventh year of partnership.
- Amount
- $8,000
- Year
- 2021
- Purpose
- The CCS grant will continue to help develop engaged readers and writers in underserved NYC public schools by designing and delivering in-school literacy programs.
- Amount
- $6,500
- Year
- 2020
- Purpose
- The CCS grant will continue to support the Behind the Book Literacy Programs. It will help youth living in high risk communities learn the reading and writing skills needed to succeed in today’s world.
- Amount
- $5,000
- Year
- 2019
- Purpose
- Helped Behind the Book to provide 17 programs to inspire a love of reading at two schools in Harlem, serving approximately 360 students through over 100 workshops. 82% of students showed increased motivation to read and 79% delivered higher quality writing at the end of the program. In the 2017-2018 school year, BtB partnered with 16 schools in 84 classrooms and conducted 506 workshops with 1,845 students--a 23% growth from the prior school year.
- Amount
- $6,500