Exciting news for Washita County! The Rolling Thunder Book Bus, presented by American Fidelity Assurance Company, will make a stop at the Washita Theater on July 8th from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m.
The Book Bus is a statewide outreach program that inspires children, grades kindergarten to 5th grade, to develop a love for reading. Since 2009, the program has distributed more than 250,000 free books to kids in Oklahoma.
The Book Bus is a truck and custom-built trailer that carries over 2,000 fiction & non-fiction books. The exterior of the Book Bus is decked out with Thunder colors and built-in television that allows us to showcase videos. Inside, you’ll find the shelves loaded with books, a locker with player autographs, jersey, player shoes and Thunder swag.
Each child from kindergarten through fifth-grade will have the opportunity to board the bus and select a free book to take home.