Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The main playroom of the Rancho Cordova Youth Center features laminate floors, a few whiteboards and lockers pushed against the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This book vending machine is operated by tokens and provides each Dixon Elementary School student with a book on their birthday.

We're used to vending machines plunking out a soda, a bag of chips or a favorite candy bar. But what about dispensing a new book? That's the novel approach about a half-dozen Des Moines Public Schools ...

The main playroom of the Rancho Cordova Youth Center features laminate floors, a few whiteboards and lockers pushed against the edges, and a giant vending machine in the left corner. But unlike ...