Posts tagged books
Absolutely beautiful.
Join with us in fighting Summer Slide with the most effective (and multiple-study-proven) tool: giving kids access to books.
“I was being taken around by one of the school bus drivers. As we passed his house—a single story dwelling not much larger than an average two-car garage—he turned to me.
‘Know how many kids we have living with us?’
I shook my head.
‘Eleven,’ he said. ‘Only four of them are ours. The rest are all kids who were homeless.’
I just nodded. He wasn’t looking for praise, simply letting me know how things were. The traditional Lakota way is to view all children as your own, to care for any child in need.
Then he smiled. ‘Today,’ he said, ‘every one of those kids is going to get a book.’” (Read More)
“First Book’s mission to make books accessible to low-income families is very close to my heart. It fills me with joy to hear that such an organization exists. Books are more than important, they fill a basic need in low-income communities—the need to connect to the world. Books for children of poverty represent hope.” Read More
Books change lives.
If you give books to children, good things happen.
These Newark kids are excited about their brand-new books from Mary Pope Osborne and First Book!
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Einstein was on to something.
The students at Moffett School in Moffett, Oklahoma are excited to have brand-new books thanks to First Book.
Happy World Teachers’ Day! Do you know a teacher who works with kids in need? Have them register with us to get books for the students that they serve: http://register.firstbook.org/?sc=rbpage
