Entrance to the library is seen at Rock Creek Elementary Friday, March 18, 2016, in Twin Falls.

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BOISE a The Idaho Commission for Libraries awarded $200,000 to 47 elementary schools to buy books for preschool through first-grade students.

Money was also used to allow five schools to open their libraries during the summer.

The funds were in the form of mini-grants, for amounts between $1,000 and $5,000 each.

The goals of the grant program are to increase the amount of reading done at home, increase access to quality books in elementary school libraries, and to increase the number of children reading at grade level.

Forty-two grants, totaling $175,000, were awarded to elementary schools.

In addition, five schools a including Horizon Elementary School in Jerome a were awarded $5,000 grants so their libraries could remain over during the summer.

Blaine County School District: Bellevue Elementary School ($5,000) and Ernest Hemingway Elementary School ($2,000)

Cassia County School District: Raft River Elementary School ($5,000)

Twin Falls School District: Oregon Trail Elementary School ($5,000) and Rock Creek Elementary School ($5,000)