International Book Project

How Do I Sign Up? You may sign up your US classroom for the Books as Bridges program with the form below. Please read about the Books as Bridges program before applying.
Contact Information
Name:
Subject Taught:
Grade(s) Taught:
School Name:
Address:

City:
State:
Zip Code:
Phone:
Email:

Classroom Participation
Number of Classrooms Able to Participate:

Number of Students in Each of These Classrooms:

Additional information about your classroom(s), such as a request for a higher grade level if your classroom is part of the GT program, or if your class studies a foreign language and would like a younger level classroom to practice sending letters in that language, etc.

Partner Country
Please select a region preference, if you have one. We match first according to age and grade level, but would be happy to try to partner you with a specific region. Africa Asia Central or South America Eastern Europe French-Speaking Countries Spanish-Speaking Countries

Program Requirements
As a Books as Bridges US teacher, are you willing to:
Complete both a mid-year report and an end-of-the-year survey to help improve Books as Bridges as a program? Yes No
Send at least 2 packages/envelopes of letters and 2 “culture packages,” depicting life in your community to your partner classroom, so long as you have received at least one package in return? Yes No
Initiate and help your students succeed in a Books as Bridges service-learning project? Yes No
Work within the best of your ability to further cross-cultural dialogue and communication between your classroom and your assigned classroom abroad? Yes No
**Please Note: Because we work with classrooms in developing countries, it is possible that your partner organization will not be able to respond in a timely manner, if at all. Though we work to screen out potentially unresponsive international partners, it is important for US teachers to understand these circumstances. In the event that you receive no response from your pen-pals, Books as Bridges will provide you with the name and contact information of a new international partner.