CLAY COUNTY-Elementary students here at Celina K-8 School and Hermitage Springs School have been selected to participate in a home library program this upcoming summer.

The Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation’s K-3 Home Library Program is an annual book delivery initiative throughout the summer for public school students across the state.

All students who will be in 1st through 3rd grade for the 2026-2027 school year have the opportunity to receive six books and activity pages.

Each book will be delivered to the students’ homes for free.  The Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation (GELF) uses the program to support student learning through the summer break and combat student learning loss.

Books were chosen by the GELF’s statewide Educator Advisory Council of 22 teachers, reading specialists, librarians and school administrators across Tennessee.  The books will align with curriculum content for the student’s upcoming grade level.

Families wishing to participate do not need to do anything, as they are by default enrolled in the program.

The summer 2026 book lists of six age-appropriate books and thinksheet activity resources for the three grades have been released.

Titles for rising 1st-graders will include “Watch Me Throw the Ball” by Mo Willems, “Frog Meets Dog/Rana Conoce Perro” by Janee Trasler, “Boxitects” by Kim Smith, “Tadpole to Frog, Level 1” by Shira Evans, “Unexpected Swimmers” by Claire Caprioli, and “Baa Baa Black Belt” by Gavin Aung Than.

Titles for rising 2nd-graders will include “Wallace & Grace Take the Case” by Heather Alexander, “Be You!” by Peter H. Reynolds, “Do You Like My Bike” by Norm Feuti, “Little Nita’s Big Idea/La Gran Idea de la Pequeña Nita” by Anna W. Bardaus, “Unexpected Flyers” by Jay Leslie, and “Inky’s Amazing Escape” by Sy Montgomery.

Titles for rising 3rd-graders will include “Hut! Hut! Hike!” by Andrew Maraniss, “Owly Tiny Tales” by Andy Runton, “Elle May on President’s Day” by Hilary Homzie, “Cats vs. Dogs—Science Readers Level 3” by Elizabeth Carney, “Amphibians” by Brenna Maloney, and “Evergreen” by Matthew Cordell.

For more information about the program, visit governorsfoundation.org/home-library/k-3-home-library.