Book Love

Pupils at Sunnyslope Elementary School in Jurupa Valley now have a new addition to their school - a vending machine. But this vending machine is not like any other. It does not dispense sweets or snacks, instead, it dispenses books.

"We get to celebrate that by providing you this wonderful book vending machine and so we're really excited to showcase this for you all," said JUSD Superintendent Dr. Trenton Hansen.

The Jurupa Unified School District has installed book vending machines across all its campuses. Students can purchase books from the machines using special tokens earned from positive behavior. All they have to do is choose a book, insert the token and the book comes out.

"You're still at that age where imagination and fun is possible and is the key to anything in your life. You can be whatever you want when you're reading and that's the great thing I love about books," said JUSD President Joseph Navarro.

Jurupa Unified has made literacy a priority this year and hopes that the book vending machines will make learning more exciting and encourage students to read more.

"As a district, we are fully committed to early literacy and we want to invest in ways to cultivate that love for learning," Hansen said.

This story originated via ABC7 news and was updated by Anita Johnson-Brown|The Los Angeles News.

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