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Archive for October 2006
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Davidson College is Running, Passing and Clicking for Literacy!
October 31st, 2006
Katie B.
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Congratulations to Davidson College, our winners for week one of the Run, Pass and Click Literacy Site Challenge hosted at TheLiteracySite.com!Be sure to continue to visit TheLiteracySite.com this week as Berea College, Ripon College, North Central College and University of Idaho battle to make it to the Run, Pass and Click finals. This week’s winner will face off against Davidson College to be the Run, Pass and Click Champion during the week of November 13th.
Remember, to participate in the Challenge go to TheLiteracySite.com and click on the “Fund Books for Kids” button. You will then be directed to another page where the participating Campus Advisory Boards will have a tile. Click on the campus’ tile of your choice to make your vote count for your Campus Advisory Board.
A huge thank you to all of last week’s participating campuses and visitors to TheLiteracySite.com. You all did an outstanding job getting the word out in your community and bringing new books to children in need of them! Be sure to keep clicking this week! -
Some Scary Titles for Halloween
October 30th, 2006
F. Krueger
2 Comments »Here are the books I found to be most scary.
In college, I was scared witless knowing I had to read Financial Accounting 101.
Later in life, What To Expect When Your Expecting gave me nightmares about what can go wrong during pregnancy.
Lately nothing has been scarier than reading the Kelley Blue Book Used Car Guide. It’s frightening how quickly new cars depreciate.
I’m terrified to read anything about retirement planning. A short pamphlet called How Much You Need To Retire sent me shrieking from my accountants office.
Sadly, as a child I clearly remember crying uncontrollably after reading a hardcover collection of children stories. Upon putting it back on the shelf, it fell and hit me on the head.
But perhaps the scariest of all is reading about the small number of books children from low-income families have in their homes. Want to help? Donate to First Book.
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Scary Stories
October 28th, 2006
Clarissa P.
1 Comment »Just in time for Halloween, Google has put up a page of scary stories that you can read online. Check out classic books like Dracula, Frankenstein, The Raven, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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Raising Readers in Maine
October 27th, 2006
Nicole T.
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Last week Heather K. and I had the privilege of meeting another hero in the fight against illiteracy. Diane Skog is the Program Director of Raising Readers, an innovative program in Maine that promotes reading aloud to children ages birth to 5 years. Raising Readers provides Family Practice and Pediatric providers beautiful new books to give to children at well child visits two months to five years. For newborns, they give books in canvas totes to Maine hospitals, birth centers, midwives, and adoption agencies. Since the launch of their program in May 2000, Raising Readers has distributed over 825,000 books to children in Maine.
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Green Eggs and Ham… Yum?
October 27th, 2006
Dave M.
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A group of fellow First-Bookers and I decided to try our hand at the culinary arts. Not just any culinary arts, mind you — children’s-book-inspired culinary arts. The tale you are about to read, a tale in photos, is one of a few, brave, pioneering souls and their quest for green eggs and ham…
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Reading with First Book - “Dogs”
October 26th, 2006
Stephanie R.
Leave a Comment »This post is part of a weekly series of synopses of children’s books, written by First Book staff members.
Mister Dog, by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Garth Williams. Crispian’s Crispian is a little dog who belongs to himself– he doesn’t need anyone. But then he meets a little boy who thinks he doesn’t need anyone, either. Even though they are independent, it tuns out that they make a great team and they become best of friends. Grades K-2. -
On Your Mark, Get Set, Read!
October 26th, 2006
Erin T.
Leave a Comment »I haven’t lived in my hometown for many years, so when the First Book-Huron County, Ohio Advisory Board invited me to return for a Speed Read Event that they were hosting, I was pleased to come back and support their efforts. I had volunteered briefly with these remarkable people before moving to DC to work at the national office, so I was familiar with their efforts and appreciative of how incredibly hard they all work to help children in my native community.
It was a great event! Held at the first Annual Norwalk Heritage Festival, the readers were leaders from all aspect of the community, including politicians, candidates, school administrators, business leaders, and sponsors. The readers, all who read Go, Dog, Go! as fast as they could, seemed to be enjoying themselves along with the crowd. Most importantly, the event raised valuable funds for the community, and got the word out about First Book in the community!
As for me, it is always wonderful to see Huron County’s Advisory Board thriving, the community coming together around a great cause, and being on a business trip that includes waking up to my mother’s blueberry pancakes.
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First Book-Lynn and Health Center Give Books to Kids in Lynn, Massachusetts
October 25th, 2006
Nicole T.
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Last Friday, Heather K. and I had the pleasure of attending a very special book distribution at the Lynn Community Health Center in Lynn, Massachusetts. Working together, the Health Center’s Reach Out and Read program and the First Book-Lynn Advisory Board gave forty preschoolers from Lynn Head Start their first new books.
In addition to receiving their books and having a fun snack, the children listened to stories read by local corporate supporters of First Book-Lynn. It was quite a treat for all of us to see these men and women in suits get down on the floor and read with these 3 and 4 year olds.
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Run, Pass and Click for Literacy!
October 24th, 2006
Katie B.
Leave a Comment »Starting this week, First Book and The Literacy Site are hosting the Run, Pass, and Click Literacy Site Challenge at TheLiteracySite.com.
The Run, Pass, and Click Literacy Site Challenge is a competition between eight First Book Campus Advisory Boards. The campus that receives the most clicks on their school’s tile will earn additional funds to help provide new books to children in their community.
This week, Pepperdine University, Rhodes College, University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac and Davidson College will face off on the site. Next week, Berea College, Ripon College, North Central College and University of Idaho will step up to the challenge.You can participate by visiting TheLiteracySite.com and clicking on the red “Fund Books for Kids” button. Then click on the campus tile to vote for the Campus that you’d like to support in the challenge. It’s that easy!
You can also support your favorite campus by sending an e-card or posting a tile on your own web page.
Stay tuned to the First Book Blog for more updates as the challenge continues!
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Make a Difference Day
October 23rd, 2006
Clarissa P.
Leave a Comment »First Book’s plans for Make a Difference Day are mentioned in yesterday’s USA Weekend.
To celebrate this national day recognizing volunteerism in America, we are holding a book distribution in New York City on Saturday, Oct. 28. We still need volunteers if you live in the area.
