The programs serve hundreds of children in the D.C. area. Book Adventure served as a motivational tool to encourage reading for pleasure. Children developed their own bibliographies, or book lists, printed them, and went to the shelves to find the books. Their choices reflected their interests. Salvadore believes that the implementation of Book Adventure in libraries is an ideal arrangement.
Students get their book lists and can go right to the shelves to obtain the books.
It is a different use of the library's resources. She recalls watching students waiting excitedly for their lists to print and eagerly answering questions when they completed their books. They can go online with their children to help them select books and help them find the selections on the shelves. Then the books go home with the families to be read. The program is unique in that it flows from online, to offline, to online again.