{"id":10160,"date":"2025-07-15T01:24:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T08:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/san-jose\/?p=10160"},"modified":"2025-07-14T06:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T13:25:13","slug":"readers-are-leaders-book-selection-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/san-jose\/2025\/07\/15\/readers-are-leaders-book-selection-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Are Leaders Book Selection Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, AL of San Jose Readers Are Leaders volunteers partnered with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Public Library to select books for the 2025-2026 school year. \ud83d\udcda\ud83d\udcda<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Nolan for supplying us with so many wonderful books to choose from!\ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>And thank you to our generous donors who support this inspiring literacy program\ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>Every volunteer read every book and discussed each one to decide the final selection. 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