Sherry McGrath

Program Director

Brief info

Sherry McGrath is the Program Coordinator for Book Fairies. Sherry has worked in the nonprofit field doing both program development and fund development for organizations such as Girl Scouts of Nassau County, Ramapo for Children, and Trail Blazer Camps. Sherry has a Masters of Social Work from the University of Michigan. Reading has been a passion of Sherry’s since she was a little girl. She loves sharing books with her three boys and is thrilled to be changing children’s stories with Book Fairies.

“There is no such thing as a reluctant reader, just a child who has not found the right book. I love being able to provide a wide variety of exciting books to help struggling readers find their love of reading.”
Favorite Children’s Book: My Weird School Series by Dan Gutman

Testimonials

A parent of one of my students says that "Every day, S opens up his dictionary & reads it in the morning, & when he gets home from school. He touches that book at least 10x a day!" S's vocabulary score increased on the DOE's iReady test.

Ms. Vasquez PS 182

My students were so excited to see all the books in our classroom. They love going to the reading corner to look through the books and pick a different one to read. Prior to receiving the books from Book fairies, our classroom only had a few books!

Ms. M at PS 104 Queens, NY

My students were so excited to go book shopping for the first time. We have been working on our reading stamina by reading 2 more minutes independently each day. They made it to 20 minutes this week and were so engaged with the new books in our library.

Ms. L at Countrywood Primary Center, Huntington Station, NY