by Jennifer Frances | Nov 1, 2022 | Community Event, News Release, Press Coverage
Bess the Book Bus, a mobile literacy nonprofit dedicated to bringing free book fairs to asset-limited schools, received a generous grant from Santander Consumer USA Inc. Foundation to fund 24 Joy of Reading Pop Up Book Fairs in six Hillsborough County Transformation...
by Jennifer Frances | Aug 31, 2022 | Community Event, Press Coverage
Bess the Book Bus, made a stop at Winterport Memorial Library in August to help them celebrate the 100th anniversary of the library and 20th year of Bess. Each kid that stopped by got to go home with two books. “When you open a book, it sorts of transports you. You...
by Jennifer Frances | Aug 24, 2022 | Press Coverage
The Good News Tampa Bay website did a feature article about Bess The Book Bus’s up-coming celebration. The event is so special and when Bess and Jenn get back into town from her tour, we’ll have more news on the celebration. Check out the Good News Tampa...
by Phoebe Ezell | Jul 7, 2022 | Press Coverage
Voyage Tampa sits down with Jenn and discovers the rich history of Bess The Book Bus. Read about their conversation and all of the literacy work that Bess The Book Bus continues to deliver through the pandemic years. Conversations with Jennifer...
by Jennifer Frances | May 20, 2021 | Community Event, Press Coverage
On the road again in the rain. However, it didn’t dampen our spirits one bit! Bess the Book Bus brings hundreds of books to Calcasieu students The reporter that filed this video wasn’t deterred either! Watch as she is all smiles with her report! ...
by Jennifer Frances | Jul 28, 2020 | Press Coverage
Bess the Book Bus pivots its programming in order to serve Tampa Bay. The Patch