A dictionary teaches a child how to approach a problem and use critical thinking skills by sounding out the word and finding it in the dictionary. This simple task gives them a feeling of self-confidence and satisfaction that they cannot get online.

Henry Larose, Rotary Club of North Jackson, Jackson, MS

Many of these children are from low income homes, and to know that they now have a book of their own, to carry home and treasure, causes their faces to light up like the sun thru the opaque windows of the classroom.