St. Aloysius on Reading Rd. (historically an orphanage, now an integrated network of mental health and specialized education services) serves children impacted by trauma who have behavioral issues causing them to lag behind their fellow students, socially and academically. They are referred to St. Al’s to learn how to cope with their trauma and catch up on their academics. These at-risk children come from low-income households and are impacted by many challenges including a lack of strong reading skills blocking their opportunity for academic success.
Please help with books for children
To help these students strengthen their reading abilities, please consider supporting St. Al’s book drive to provide youngsters with age-appropriate and interesting books that will support their academic team’s efforts to help these special young people.
You can bring books to St. John’s before or after Sunday service or during office hours Mon-Thu. through Feb. 28.
To learn more about St. Aloysius, please visit www.StAlsChildren.org.
These are suggested titles but other books are welcome as well:
- The BFG by Roald Dahl
- Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce (any book in the series)
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
- The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (any book in the series)
- Dogman by Dav Pilkey (any book in the series)
- A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée
- Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (any book in the series)
- The Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan (any book in the series)
- Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
- I Survived by Lauren Tarshis (any book in the series)
- Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed
- My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi
- Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Simon B. Rhymin’ by Dwayne Reed
- The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids by Carole P. Roman
- Weird But True: 1,350 Outrageous Facts by National Kids
- Amelia Bedelia (any in the series) by Herman Paris
- Sight Word Stories: Level A B C and/or D by Liza Charlesworth
And any other books that you think the children might like. Please remember, the students are from the inner city. They may not relate to some of other folks’ favorite stories.