Page Turners Make Great Learners

Helping kids capture the joy of reading

Helping Kids Capture the Joy of Reading
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Our History

In 2003, Pass the Book aka Page Turners Make Great Learners, Inc. started with sixty members in grades three through five at Murphey Candler Elementary in Lithonia, Georgia. With the encouragement of parents and supportive teachers, the number of students nearly doubled in 2004 to one hundred thirty students in grades two through five. The outpour of requests and support of the program were received both locally and nationally.

What began as a campaign born of self-interest became a call to action. Reading is not just an essential skill, but a flame that, when kindled, can light the way to new adventures, spark imagination and creativity, and ignite an ever-growing sense of one’s own possibilities. Therefore, in 2005 the founder filed for 501(c)3 nonprofit status as Page Turners Make Great Learners, Inc. to broaden its reach in serving more students and schools.

Over the past 14 years, Page Turners Make Great Learners has conducted read-a-thons, book clubs and book donation drives benefiting thousands of children.

“Help us open the doors of imagination for a child through a book.”

Page Turners Event - Children showing Books
Boy Reading Book in Classroom
Page Turners Event - Volunteer reading to Classroom
Book Club Members at the High Museum 2017

Children who don’t read can’t succeed. It’s just that simple.

Page Turners promotes shared reading experiences that engage, inspire and expand students’ knowledge of themselves and the world around them.  When books occupy a central place in a child’s world of entertainment, spirited conversations, personal discoveries and lasting learning are sure to follow.

Our Mission

Page Turners Make Great Learners, Inc.’s mission is to expand children’s knowledge and understanding of the world, themselves and their unique possibilities through a love of reading.

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Page Turners Make Great Learners

P.O. Box 7723, Atlanta, GA 30357

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