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From: Nancy Bo Flood <wflood_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:26:53 -0700
Speaking of RIF - You are cordially invited to join RIF for their first-eve r live broadcast on Tuesday, November 9, in celebration of American Indian Alaska Native Heritage Month.
Go to www.rif.org/live at 1:30 PM EST on Tuesday to see American Indian Tomas “Eagle Bear” Shash read Coyote Sin gs to the Moon and share about the American Indian culture with a class of second graders at Emery Education Campus in Washington, DC. Eagle Bear will ha ve 4 dancers with him along with different animal skins and American Indian artifacts to show the children. Following the read-aloud, Eagle Bear an d his dancers will perform a traditional American Indian dance.
And because this is a live event, you will have an opportunity to ask questions via a chat feature on the website.
Please contact Alishia Frey (afrey_at_rif.org) if you have any technical quest ions.
Happy Reading,
Carol
Carol Hampton Rasco
President and CEO
Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.
Nancy Bo Flood, Chinle, Arizona (USA)
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 11:06:16 -0600 From: gmkruse_at_wisc.edu Subject:
RIF Book Distributions and Picture Books To: ccbc-net_at_lists.education.wisc.edu
Erleen described the way she's involved in the success of a local book-giveaway and how the publishers' RIF catalogs are used there to take advantage of reduced prices.
As a member of the RIF Literature Advisory Board, I'm extremely impressed with the attention the RIF staff gives to the books RIF formally recommends on its website. The staff realizes that more books with multicultural themes must be included in those catalogs. These catalogs are developed by the publishers, not by RIF, and the publishers must be willing (and able) to lower their prices. The RIF staff understands the complexity of making that happen, and they're open to suggestions and new strategies. They know that getting picture books (and other books, too) into the hands of children and their families makes a difference. And it makes a difference as to which picture books become available for RIF projects.
I'm not starting a new thread about RIF, or about book giveaways. However, because there have been a number of posts about various book giveaway programs, I want to say that at the top, the RIF staf f works hard to be effective for all the reasons individuals in this discussion have suggested that picture books are essential.
Cordially,
Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse
gmkruse_at_wisc.edu
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Received on Mon 08 Nov 2010 05:26:53 PM CST
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:26:53 -0700
Speaking of RIF - You are cordially invited to join RIF for their first-eve r live broadcast on Tuesday, November 9, in celebration of American Indian Alaska Native Heritage Month.
Go to www.rif.org/live at 1:30 PM EST on Tuesday to see American Indian Tomas “Eagle Bear” Shash read Coyote Sin gs to the Moon and share about the American Indian culture with a class of second graders at Emery Education Campus in Washington, DC. Eagle Bear will ha ve 4 dancers with him along with different animal skins and American Indian artifacts to show the children. Following the read-aloud, Eagle Bear an d his dancers will perform a traditional American Indian dance.
And because this is a live event, you will have an opportunity to ask questions via a chat feature on the website.
Please contact Alishia Frey (afrey_at_rif.org) if you have any technical quest ions.
Happy Reading,
Carol
Carol Hampton Rasco
President and CEO
Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.
Nancy Bo Flood, Chinle, Arizona (USA)
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 11:06:16 -0600 From: gmkruse_at_wisc.edu Subject:
RIF Book Distributions and Picture Books To: ccbc-net_at_lists.education.wisc.edu
Erleen described the way she's involved in the success of a local book-giveaway and how the publishers' RIF catalogs are used there to take advantage of reduced prices.
As a member of the RIF Literature Advisory Board, I'm extremely impressed with the attention the RIF staff gives to the books RIF formally recommends on its website. The staff realizes that more books with multicultural themes must be included in those catalogs. These catalogs are developed by the publishers, not by RIF, and the publishers must be willing (and able) to lower their prices. The RIF staff understands the complexity of making that happen, and they're open to suggestions and new strategies. They know that getting picture books (and other books, too) into the hands of children and their families makes a difference. And it makes a difference as to which picture books become available for RIF projects.
I'm not starting a new thread about RIF, or about book giveaways. However, because there have been a number of posts about various book giveaway programs, I want to say that at the top, the RIF staf f works hard to be effective for all the reasons individuals in this discussion have suggested that picture books are essential.
Cordially,
Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse
gmkruse_at_wisc.edu
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Received on Mon 08 Nov 2010 05:26:53 PM CST
