Tiger Bookmobile Hits The Streets Of Texarkana for Summertime Reading

Texarkana Independent School District’s Tiger Bookmobile is ready to roar through Texarkana on their Summer Tour 2019.

Getting kids wild about reading is the goal and the literacy unit gets the job done. The primary focus of the bookmobile is to help prevent summer learning loss by allowing students the opportunity to continue their education during the summer through reading.  The mobile unit becomes a welcome change to a child’s summer routine and allows for creativity and entertainment, thereby reducing the negative perception about summer learning.

It's big, it's colorful, it's loaded with books, and you can't miss it. The Mobile Unit has a brightly colored exterior featuring children and animals all enjoying reading, the unit has been outfitted with mobile satellite technology, thousands of books, iPads, Kindle e-readers, reading benches and seats, flat screen television, Wii gaming, bean bag chairs, and colorful rugs.  The look is complete with an additional exterior seating area featuring a canopy, bean bag chairs, and more fun rugs.

Open Monday thru Friday from 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., the Tiger Bookmobile will travel throughout the community to various partner sites from June 11th through August 10.  A story hour will be featured at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. each day.  Children 5 years and under must be accompanied by an adult.  Children 6 years and older can enter without an accompanying adult but must live within walking distance of the site location.  Checking-out books is FREE.  Books can be returned back to the Tiger Bookmobile at any time during the Summer or to any TISD school after August 10.

Tour dates & locations are:

The Oaks at Rosehill - 2100 West 12^th Street

June 10, June 11, June 19, June 20, July 1, July 2, July 10, July 11, July 22, July 23,     July 31, August 1.

Rosehill Ridge – 1201 Stuckey Street

June 13, June 14, June 25, June 26, July 5, July 9, July 17, July 18, July 26, July 30,     August 7, August 8

Splash Pad at Spring Lake Park – 4303 North Park Road

June 14, June 21, June 28, July 5, July 12, July 19, July 26, August 2, August 9

Pecan Ridge at Rosehill – 2210 West 15^th Street

June 17, June 18, June 26, June 27, July 6, July 9, July 17, July 29, July 30,  August 17, August 18

Funding for the bookmobile is in part through the Texarkana Public Schools Foundation and the Tiger Family of TISD employees during their annual “All-In-One” campaign.  Additional donors and in-kind providers are:  Texas Pioneer Foundation;    Mr. Jack Bruner, Capital One Bank, Altech, Inc.; SHW Group; AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company; Arkansas Community Foundation and the Texarkana Area Community Foundation; Mrs. Donna Chatman; The Bobbie A. Atkinson Foundation; FastSigns; Mayo Manufacturing Corp; Mr. & Mrs. Kelly Tidwell; The Washington Post Company; Mr. & Mrs. Joe A. Norwood, Jr.; THS Class of 1949; and, THS Class of 1999.

For more information on the Tiger Bookmobile and their 2018 Summer Tour, contact:  Tina Veal-Gooch, 903.794.3651 ext. 1013 or visit the school district website.