SAN ANTONIO - Thousands of children who live in San Antonio public housing now have plenty of new books to read, thanks to an initiative that aims to eradicate book deserts and promote literacy.
Instead, he was in the Bazan Branch Library on the West Side and the treat was books.
"I chose the bacon book because (it) looks really funny, and I'm excited to read it," the soon-to-be fifth-grader said.
Ethan was among the dozens of children their getting first crack at what will be 20,000 books donated to the children who live in public housing.
The National Book Foundation is partnering with the San Antonio Housing Authority, Housing and Urban Development, the San Antonio Library and the Department of Education with its Book Rich Environment Initiative.
"I just wanted to read a new book, and these three I haven't read before," he said.
The delivery Friday is the first for the San Antonio Housing Authority, but it will not be the last. »