Ending Book Hunger: Access to Print Across Barriers of Class and Culture

dc.contributor.authorShaver, Lea
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-17T19:24:11Z
dc.date.available2023-05-17T19:24:11Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractWorldwide, billions of people suffer from book hunger. For them, books are too few, too expensive, or do not even exist in their languages. This book argues that this is an educational crisis: the most reliable predictor of children's achievement is the size of their families' book collections. This book highlights innovative nonprofit solutions to expand access to print. First Book, for example, offers diverse books to teachers at bargain prices. Imagination Library mails picture books to support early literacy in book deserts. Worldreader promotes mobile reading in developing countries by turning phones into digital libraries. Pratham Books creates open access stories that anyone may freely copy, adapt, and translate. Can such efforts expand to bring books to the next billion would-be readers? The book reveals the powerful roles of copyright law and licensing, and sounds the clarion call for readers to contribute their own talents to the fight against book hunger.en_US
dc.identifier.citationShaver, L. (2020) Ending book hunger: Access to print across barriers of class and culture. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/33088
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherYale University Pressen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0*
dc.subjectEducational crisisen_US
dc.subjectCopyright lawen_US
dc.subjectFinancial burdenen_US
dc.subjectDigital librariesen_US
dc.subjectLanguage barriersen_US
dc.titleEnding Book Hunger: Access to Print Across Barriers of Class and Cultureen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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