2024 Great Reads From Great Places "Bountiful Red Acres: Two Farms, Two Families, and a Year on the Land" Book Box Request Form
North Carolina Humanities, home to the North Carolina Center for the Book, is featuring "Bountiful Red Acres: Two Farms, Two Families, and a Year on the Land" by Eileen Heyes and illustrated by Dare Coulter at this year's Library of Congress National Book Festival as part of the Great Reads from Great Places reading list. 

To further celebrate this year’s selection, North Carolina Humanities is offering 40 free book boxes for teachers, school librarians, public youth librarians, museums, and other community organizations that serve a youth population in North Carolina. These boxes can be used for curriculum, afterschool, youth, and library programs in your community. Book boxes contain 20 copies of "Bountiful Red Acres", 20 bookmarks, 20 journals, customized reading comprehension materials, and other surprise goodies!

Please complete the following form to request your books and resources. The form will remain open until July 19, 2024 or until all book boxes are reserved. Please note, submission of a request does not guarantee fulfillment of the request. 

About the Book:
Young readers can get a taste of farm life in the North Carolina Piedmont through Bountiful Red Acres. The story chronicles a year in the lives of two neighboring families—one Black and one White—moving from season to season through the year 1900. Despite the racial inequalities built into American life by both law and custom, the Sawyers and Hauser families share an abiding friendship as they rear children, tend crops, and build community.

Author Eileen Heyes and artist Dare Coulter bring these real Surry County families to life for readers, offering a vibrant look at neighbors caring for each other as they force a living out of the red clay soil that is known today as Horne Creek Farm State Historic Site.

Published in association with the state Office of Archives and History and The North Carolina African American Heritage Commission, both part of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. 

Disclaimers
-"Bountiful Red Acres" is suggested for readers in Grades 3-5.
- Book boxes are available on a first come, first serve basis.
- Book boxes are expected to ship in August 2024. 
- Persons completing this request form must be 18 years or older.
- Please only submit one request form per group. If you are applying as part of a regional or county library system, each branch library must apply as its own organization.

Questions?:  Please contact Melissa Giblin, Director of North Carolina Center for the Book, at mgiblin@nchumanities.org or 704-687-1526.  
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Organization/Group Name *
Organization/Group Street Address *
Organization/Group City *
Organization/Group Zip Code *
State *
Is the shipping address for the book box the same as the organization address listed above? *
If you answered no to the question above, please provide the shipping address. This is the address where a book box would be mailed. 

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Organization/Group County *
Is your organization/group located in one of the following counties? (Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Caswell, Cherokee, Chowan, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Graham, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Mitchell, Nash, Northampton, Onslow, Pasquotank, Pitt, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Surry, Tyrrell, Vance, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson)* *
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Which of the following best describes your organization/group? *
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If your group is a K-12 school, does your school have a Title 1 designation? (If you are not a school, please skip this question). 
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Have you previously received a book box from NC Humanities through our Great Reads from Great Places program? *
Name of person requesting book box (First and Last) *
Email address of person requesting book box *
Phone number of person requesting book box (###-###-####) *
I certify that as the person requesting this book box, I am 18 years of age or older. *
Is your participation in this book box program tied to a curriculum or a classroom assignment? *
Why are you requesting a book box? What will participating in Great Reads from Great Places accomplish for your readers?  *
I agree that my group will distribute and read the books provided in the book box to participants in my community. *
It is strongly encouraged that your group plan and host an activity/event in your community to further the impact of the book and create opportunities to come together to talk and listen. Please let us know if you intend to host a reading program, book discussion, or other event in your community. *
To help North Carolina Humanities measure impact in North Carolina, I agree that an individual from my group/organization will complete a short final report. The report will ask about the number of participants that came to any events held, the cash and/or volunteer time contributed by your organization, and the overall  impact of the book box in your community. The survey will also ask for quotes/anecdotes/stories/pictures/etc. which demonstrate how the book box made an impact in your community.  *
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I agree that if my organization/group hosts an associated event with the resources provided, I will credit North Carolina Humanities. Please include North Carolina Humanities' logo and statement: "This [program/book event/discussion] was supported by North Carolina Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, www.nchumanities.org." Logos can be found at www.nchumanities.org *
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Thank you for taking the time to complete this form! Through public humanities programs and grantmaking, North Carolina Humanities connects North Carolinians with cultural experiences that spur dialogue, deepen human connections, and inspire community. North Carolina Humanities is a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The North Carolina Center for the Book is a collection of North Carolina Humanities’ literature and reading programs that celebrate the importance of books, reading, libraries, and North Carolina’s literary heritage to ignite a statewide community of readers through shared reading experiences and meaningful conversation. The North Carolina Center for the Book is the state affiliate of the National Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and is supported in part by the State Library of North Carolina. Any views, findings, conclusions, opinions, or recommendations expressed do not necessarily represent those of North Carolina Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities. To learn more, visit www.nchumanities.org
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