It's hard to get kids to read when there's little to choose from at home, so organizers of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival have launched an initiative to distribute 25,000 free books to children this weekend.

"For the Joy of Reading" is aimed at kids 3 to 17 "to encourage youngsters to enjoy the written word by actually having it in their homes," said N.Y. Nathiri, festival general manager and executive director of The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community Inc.   more >>