OVER THREE THOUSAND brand-new paperbacks glimmered on the shelves of the Rolling Thunder Book Bus. The new book smell practically spilled out of the retractable door at the front of the bus. Hundreds of newly unboxed books from Scholastic’s Black History Month collection laid spread out along the counter for all to see. Each book donned the faces of prominent figures in black history: Frederick Douglass, Ruby Bridges, Martin Luther King Jr., Booker T. Washington and so many more.
Sitting outside of Britton Elementary, 90 second graders waited patiently for their turn to make a selection on the magical bus.