HASLETT - Haslett Middle School received a donation of six Kindles that will be implemented in their library to aid students in reading books and in loving the task of reading.

The $500 donation was made by the Haslett Kiwanis Club just in time Reading Month. According to the organization's website, Kiwanis is "a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time."

The Kindles will have Whispersync installed, a feature that allows the students to listen to a professionally recorded reading of the book, and also to search the definition of words they might not understand.

Whispersync was designed so people can better understand the context of the reading.

"I'm learning a lot about Kiwanis and they're fantastic," Haslett Middle School Media Coordinator and Librarian Krista Meier said. "Their whole aim is to help benefit children, and they reached out to us. And they wanted to know what they could do to help our students. We have just over 600 students."

Meier's goal is to make the students learn reading, because it's a fundamental ability that will get them very far in life and needed in every aspect of life.

"I think that's super important to instill at this age group," she said. "I feel like my whole job, and I'm very passionate about this, is to make sure kids love reading."

Meier said that once they are in high school there is a lot of required reading, and even more in college.

"I'm hoping that when they hit 25 to 30 they'll remember, 'hey I remember I used to love reading,' and it's a beautiful thing," she said. "Sometimes people don't have the best things going on in their lives and reading can help them escape that. It's just a nice little break."

Another goal Meier has is to keep the students at the library, instead of having them go in, get a book, and head out.

In order to achieve this, she decorated the library space according to each division of books, by genre.

For example, the mystery section has a dark tree, clouds and black birds, while the fiction section has a Harry Potter poster.

The Haslett Middle School library also has a glass wall that allows students to sit and enjoy nature while they are reading or doing homework in the library.

Something that Meier said she believes will also bring kids into the library is the different seating.

From round tables with four chairs, to couches and colorful beach chairs, students can choose how they feel more comfortable and enjoy the book they read.