The Rough Rider Reading Nook

The Rough Rider Reading Nook as of 3-5-2024. Since then, the rug has been replaced and several new/used chairs purchased from Warehouse of Fixtures.

We have posted on this website about the Rough Rider Reading Nook (outside the Roosevelt cafeteria) several times since it was established. We hope to establish a second reading nook in the building this year. Here's more info. about the first reading nook.

The Rough Rider Reading Nook at Roosevelt High School was established in the 2020-2021 school year, as an initiative of Ms. Enna Dancy, Roosevelt Principal. Ms. Dancy wanted books to be freely available to Roosevelt students.

Community members from the Roosevelt Community Council gathered donations of books for the reading nook, and purchased new and used books and furnishings using grant funds from the City of St. Louis.

Books were purchased from the Eye See Me bookstore in University City, Thriftbooks.com, and Amazon.com, along with the donations of books from the community. A "Little Free Library" charter was purchased for the reading nook.

The Roosevelt Community Council periodically purchases new (and some lightly used) books for the RR Reading Nook. On March 5, 2024, RCC members straightened up the reading nook and placed about 50 new books on the shelves. The recently purchased books came from Read a Book STL, a new bookstore on Meramec Ave. in the Dutchtown neighborhood, and from Thriftbooks.com and Amazon.com.

The RCC hopes to purchase a "Book Bundle" for the reading nook from the Eye See Me bookstore in the near future. The RR Reading Nook is located on the ground floor at Roosevelt, just outside the newly repainted & decorated cafeteria at the school.

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