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From: Julie <juliecummins_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:41:03 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;} Another avenue for distributing books is the Kiwanis organization. I donate books to them which they wrap and use as holiday gifts. They sponsor a party in cooperation with the Salvation Army. They have names and ages so the books are not given out willy nilly.
Julie Cummins
-----Original Message-----
From: Lbhcove_at_aol.com Sent: Nov 11, 2010 11:02 AM To: gmkruse@wisc.edu Cc: ccbc-net@ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject:
from Lee Bennett Hopkins
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This is the time of year we see TOY DRIVES all over communities. The TODAY show, firehouses, community centers, et. al.&n bsp; RARELY do we see BOOK DRIVES.
Most toys are expensive and don't last...books cost less and l ast a lifetime to many.
Lee Bennett Hopkins
ORIGINAL WORKS
BEEN TO YESTERDAYS: POEMS OF A LIFE
(BOYDS MILLS PRESS)
*STARRED REVIEW/SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL CHRISTOPHE R AWARD SCBWI GOLDEN KITE HONOR BOOK
CITY I LOVE (ABRAMS)
*STARR ED REVIEW / SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
*STARRED REVIEW / PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOKS OF 2009/ CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
NEW
COLLECTIONS:
AMAZING FACES (LEE LOW) ILLUSTRATED BY CHRIS SOENTPIET
*STARRED REVIEW / PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
SHARING THE SEASONS
(SIMON SCHUSTER/MCELDERRY BOOKS) ILLUSTRATED BY DAVID DIAZ
*STA RRED REVIEW / KIRKUS
*STARRED REVIEW/ BOOKLIST
In a message dated 11/11/2010 9:42:44 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, gmkruse_at_wisc.edu writes:
Lee, what you wrote reminds me of the fine program initiated more than 15 years ago in Milwaukee by artist Nancy Ekholm Burkert and others. The progr am "Bread Books" involved volunteers reading picture books to chil dren who came to a lunch program for low income families. Nancy and the ot hers were trained to read aloud to a small group of children hungry for fo od and - according to Nancy - also for the beauty in the books being rea d to them. As I recall, the project was more complex to administer than it
might seem when one reads or hears about it. But for its adult volunt eers it was deeply satisfying as long as it lasted, and the volunteers sha red anecdotal reports confirming the project's success with children.
Aren't we're all saying in one way of another that we wa nt to link picture books with children, wherever the children might be - at
home, school, public library, subway, bus, waiting room, line at the
market, etc.? At their front door Betty Tisel and her family gi ve books as well as Halloween treats. Norma Jean is correct, in that tra ined librarians and teachers can do more for more children and families th an a random encounter in public will accomplish, but on the other hand... why not do whatever we're in a position to do wherever we are? Why not think outside of the box?
In the meantime, we who are comforta ble in libraries schools and able to take advantage of bookstores c an remember that adults do want to read to their own children and grandchildren. I've heard about studies (don't ask me about them :-) ) indicating that this is one of the main reasons som e adults engage in literacy programs. They want to learn how to read we ll enough to read books to their children and grandchildren.
Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkrus_at_wisc.edu
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:41:03 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;} Another avenue for distributing books is the Kiwanis organization. I donate books to them which they wrap and use as holiday gifts. They sponsor a party in cooperation with the Salvation Army. They have names and ages so the books are not given out willy nilly.
Julie Cummins
-----Original Message-----
From: Lbhcove_at_aol.com Sent: Nov 11, 2010 11:02 AM To: gmkruse@wisc.edu Cc: ccbc-net@ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject:
from Lee Bennett Hopkins
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This is the time of year we see TOY DRIVES all over communities. The TODAY show, firehouses, community centers, et. al.&n bsp; RARELY do we see BOOK DRIVES.
Most toys are expensive and don't last...books cost less and l ast a lifetime to many.
Lee Bennett Hopkins
ORIGINAL WORKS
BEEN TO YESTERDAYS: POEMS OF A LIFE
(BOYDS MILLS PRESS)
*STARRED REVIEW/SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL CHRISTOPHE R AWARD SCBWI GOLDEN KITE HONOR BOOK
CITY I LOVE (ABRAMS)
*STARR ED REVIEW / SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
*STARRED REVIEW / PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOKS OF 2009/ CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
NEW
COLLECTIONS:
AMAZING FACES (LEE LOW) ILLUSTRATED BY CHRIS SOENTPIET
*STARRED REVIEW / PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
SHARING THE SEASONS
(SIMON SCHUSTER/MCELDERRY BOOKS) ILLUSTRATED BY DAVID DIAZ
*STA RRED REVIEW / KIRKUS
*STARRED REVIEW/ BOOKLIST
In a message dated 11/11/2010 9:42:44 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, gmkruse_at_wisc.edu writes:
Lee, what you wrote reminds me of the fine program initiated more than 15 years ago in Milwaukee by artist Nancy Ekholm Burkert and others. The progr am "Bread Books" involved volunteers reading picture books to chil dren who came to a lunch program for low income families. Nancy and the ot hers were trained to read aloud to a small group of children hungry for fo od and - according to Nancy - also for the beauty in the books being rea d to them. As I recall, the project was more complex to administer than it
might seem when one reads or hears about it. But for its adult volunt eers it was deeply satisfying as long as it lasted, and the volunteers sha red anecdotal reports confirming the project's success with children.
Aren't we're all saying in one way of another that we wa nt to link picture books with children, wherever the children might be - at
home, school, public library, subway, bus, waiting room, line at the
market, etc.? At their front door Betty Tisel and her family gi ve books as well as Halloween treats. Norma Jean is correct, in that tra ined librarians and teachers can do more for more children and families th an a random encounter in public will accomplish, but on the other hand... why not do whatever we're in a position to do wherever we are? Why not think outside of the box?
In the meantime, we who are comforta ble in libraries schools and able to take advantage of bookstores c an remember that adults do want to read to their own children and grandchildren. I've heard about studies (don't ask me about them :-) ) indicating that this is one of the main reasons som e adults engage in literacy programs. They want to learn how to read we ll enough to read books to their children and grandchildren.
Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkrus_at_wisc.edu
---Received on Thu 11 Nov 2010 11:41:03 AM CST
