Racing Museum Announces 2024-2025 “Readers Up” Educational Program

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame’s education department will again offer its “Readers Up” program for students throughout the 2024-2025 academic year. The program brings the museum experience into the classroom via five books related to thoroughbred racing. The museum provides the books to school educators, then a museum educator visits the school with objects from the museum’s collection that relate to the book. The program and books are free of charge. This year, the books offered are:

“The Long Shot” by Chris Carpenter and Dave Papa (Pre-K through 4th Grade)

“Abella and the Almost Racehorse” by Zane Carson Carruth (Pre-K through 3rd Grade)

“Jim Dandy: A Dark Horse on a Dark Day” by Maddy Zanetti and Gretchen Louise Tisch (Pre-K through 4th Grade)

“The Jockey and her Horse” by Sarah Maslin Nir and Raymond White, Jr (5th Grade through 8th Grade)

“Seabiscuit: An American Legend” by Laura Hillenbrand (9th Grade through 12th Grade)

For more information about the program, contact Museum Educator Matt Reichel at (518) 584-0400 ext. 118 or mreichel@racingmuseum.net.