PHOTOS: The Free Book Bus is now wheelchair accessible
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ERIN EDGERTON, THE DAILY PROGRESS The Free Book Bus founder Sharon Stone organizes books on the non-profit's new handicap accessible bus Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 in Charlottesville, Va.
The free book bus brings new books to kids
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The Free Book Bus founder Sharon Stone organizes books on the nonprofit’s new bus.
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ERIN EDGERTON, THE DAILY PROGRESS The Free Book Bus founder Sharon Stone finishes up restocking and decorating the non-profit's new handicap accessible bus Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 in Charlottesville, Va.
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LEFT: Stone and her husband, Derrick Stone, test out the chair lift on the handicap accessible bus.
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ERIN EDGERTON, THE DAILY PROGRESS The local non-profit Free Book Bus is now wheelchair assessable.
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ERIN EDGERTON, THE DAILY PROGRESS The Free Book Bus founder Sharon Stone organizes books on the non-profit's new handicap accessible bus Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 in Charlottesville, Va.
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When a child walks onto the old yellow school bus that is Charlottesville’s Free Book Bus, they’re greeted not by rows of seats, but by shelves of hundreds of colorful books featuring diverse characters of many languages, races and backgrounds.