Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation

The Yakama Nation Library, in collaboration with the Yakama Nation Childcare Program, will develop a Bookmobile service to help with reading literacy issues affecting Native American students. The Yakama Nation Library and Childcare Program have both recognized the need to address reading literacy issues for Yakama Nation youth of all ages and the project is designed to expand outreach to rural and isolated community members. The Bookmobile will provide books, computer access, and reading programming to the surrounding community so community members will become aware of the Library's services, have access to the Library's Resources, address Kindergarten Readiness, become more aware about the importance of reading to and with children at an early age, participate in the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten reading initiative, and become aware of and participate in the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) Libraries Rock reading program.