The vibrantly decorated library, a gift from Target Corp. and the nonprofit literacy group Heart of America Foundation, contains about 2,000 new books, 20 iPads and student–sized furnishings worth a total $100,000 to $150,000. The makeover was awarded to Sanchez after a competitive application process that began last spring.
"This is to get kids excited about literacy," said Rachelle Resnick, the San Francisco Unified School District's program administrator for library services. The gift comes during an era of lagging public funding for school libraries.
