Book program brightens kids’ jail visits

Outside Santa Rita jail in California on a recent Saturday morning, it was business as usual. Bored adult visitors were standing, some sitting, talking or listening to music, waiting for their names to be called. But this Saturday morning there was a little more life than usual. Visiting kids, who normally would be standing with the adults, or maybe splayed on the ground playing video games, were checking out kid-friendly books like Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Ferdinand the Bull. Read more about a program that puts books in the hands of kids in this article from the website InsideBayArea.com.