Children’s Magazine Month features global magazine recycling drive

Throughout October, the International Reading Association is joining other leading education, literacy, and publishing organizations in marking the sixth anniversary of Children’s Magazine Month. This year’s observance involves mobilizing teachers, librarians, and school children worldwide to organize KinderHarvest magazine recycling projects to collect millions of magazines for new readers.

“The KinderHarvest program collects wonderful magazines and puts them into the hands, homes, and hearts of children and families who want to learn and love to read,” notes John Mennell, founding director of MagazineLiteracy.org and co-manager of Children’s Magazine Month. “It’s like food gleaning, where humanitarians gather crops in the field to feed the hungry. Except, this harvest gleans magazines to feed children and families hungry to read and succeed, recycling the magazines we all love to meet local literacy needs.”

Find out more in a press release issued by the supporting organizations.