1. Raining over Book Deserts
Kiara, Grayson, Jasmine, Emily, Leo

2. Who? High poverty neighborhoods and low income homes
24%- Children under 18 in families in NC who had incomes below the poverty line in 2014
By the time a child on welfare reaches the age of 4, he/she might only have heard 13 million words opposed to an average 45 million

3. What?
-A geographic area (country, state, county, city, neighborhood, home) where printed books and other reading materials are hard to obtain, particularly without access to an automobile or other form of transportation
Children’s learning and comprehension skills are negatively affected
Serious consequences on literacy
Developing brains are delicate -> affect ability to understand later in life

4. When? Problem is happening constantly “Summer slump”
A synergistic effect of not being in school, plus not having books at home
Not able to expand reading and learning abilities outside of school

5. Where?
Prevalent in high-poverty, low income neighborhoods (all across the U.S.)
Urban places where a large community of children reside

6. Why?
Not enough books around because of location (bookstores, libraries)
Only 8 percent of such families report they have taken advantage of library resources
Money for food, gas, rent, etc. come before books
Growing income segregation
Higher income neighborhoods have “16x as many books” per children as lower income

7. How? Building an easily accessible book exchange by:
Creating a template
Calculating the costs
Creating a plan of action that takes into account participants time
Goal: Provide a renewed source of learning and literacy through the depository.
When to reach our goal?: Before the end of winter.

8. Budget Materials MINIMUM COST: $195.74 Wood $94.74 Paint: $36.47
Hinges: $4.64
Handles: $4.15
Plexiglass $20.97
Screws: $9.60
Brushes: $12.36
MINIMUM COST: $195.74

9. Design

10. Citations
‘The Home Depot." The Home Depot. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Nov
Steinhardt, NYU. "NYU Study Ident"Book Deserts"" (n.d.): n. pag. NYU EDU. NYU, 12 July Web. 16 Nov
@talkpoverty. "North Carolina 2015 Report." Talk Poverty. Center for American Progress, n.d. Web. 16 Nov
Wong, Alia. "Where Books Are All But Nonexistent." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 14 July Web. 29 Nov