"My dogs and cats like it when I read to them," Anahi said, checking out the bagful of free books she and other members of Jacqueline Kennedy's first-grade class received Wednesday morning.

First grade students in public and accredited private schools will receive the Just Right Reader books over the winter, according to an Iowa Department of Education news release. Additionally, ...

Almost 38,000 Iowa first grade students are slated to receive new books to take home as part of ... a "department-funded high-quality summer reading program or a Learning Beyond the Bell out ...