Last push for Jingle Books

There is one day left to donate a new or gently used children’s book to the 2016 Jingle Books campaign.

With a goal of collecting 40,000 books, organizers said Thursday they are roughly 10,000 books short.

Donations can be made all day Thursday, the final day of the campaign, at the Coeur d’Alene School District’s central office, 1400 N. Northwood Center Court, off W. Ironwood Drive near Northwest Boulevard. The books will be distributed to all kindergarten through third-graders attending Kootenai County public schools.

Jingle Books was formed to help improve childhood literacy by engaging the youngest public school learners in reading.

Students at Canfield Middle School in Coeur d’Alene collected a whopping 3,193 books this year. Last year, kids at Canfield brought in 2,000 books.