Cambridge Book Bike 2019
Let’s Move, Let’s Eat, Let’s Read!
Cambridge Book Bike is ready for it’s sixth year! The Book Bike will be at 5 parks from July 8 to August 9th, 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. Cambridge children of all ages can pick a free book, do a craft, get a free lunch and hear stories read aloud.
- Mondays: Greene-Rose Heritage Park (Harvard St.)
- Tuesdays: Fresh Pond Apartments playground (Rindge Ave)
- Wednesdays: Hoyt Field (Gilmore St.)
- Thursdays: Danehy Park (Sherman St.)
- Fridays: Gold Star Mothers Park (Gore St.)
To stay up-to-date on schedule changes or rainouts, call 617-349-4038 or follow us on Facebook, or Twitter.
The Book Bike supports healthy bodies and healthy minds by visiting many of the Cambridge parks that participate in the Summer Food Program, which provides free lunches to children under 18.
The goal of the Book Bike is to give all children access to books to build their home library for enjoyment and learning in the summer to help prevent “summer slide”. Meeting families in the park for stories and activities, the Book Bike models that reading is fun! The program provide a wide variety of titles, topics and languages so children can find a book they want to read. Research has shown that children read more when they select the book. For more information:
Why we should let kids choose their own summer reading books
Book Bike partners include: Liz Phipps-Soeiro, Elementary School Librarian, Agenda for Children Literacy Initiative, Center for Families, and Cambridge Public Library. For more information check out the Book Bike website or contact Becky Smick, rsmick@challiance.org, 617-665-3827.