Book Relief for Katrina Kids

YOU CAN HELP CHILDREN, SCHOOLS, AND LIBRARIES REPLACE BOOKS LOST IN HURRICANES KATRINA & RITA Book Relief is an unprecedented, publishing industry-wide effort that will distribute at least five million books: =to those displaced by Katrina and Rita, =to organizations, schools, and libraries supporting the evacuees, and =to replenish the schools and libraries being rebuilt in the Gulf Coast. In New Orleans, 118 of 126 schools sustained damage; in Mississippi, 300 schools were damaged, 24 of them severely damaged or destroyed. Nearly 190,000 Louisiana students were displaced. Evacuated students are now attending schools in 47 states, with the largest numbers in other parts of Louisiana (41,000), in Texas (48,000), and in Georgia (8,000). Help place books back into the hands of those affected by Katrina and Rita.