Posts Tagged ‘Junior League’
These two go together like peanut butter and jelly. Meet the Cowboy and the Octopus. A pair with some real flair. I met them yesterday on a sunny afternoon at the National Book Festival on the National Mall. This hilarious duo jumped right out of Jon Scieszka’s children’s book Cowboy and Octopus onto center stage […]
“You can’t be a writer without reading. It’d be like trying to be a chef without ever eating.”—George Ella Lyon An audience of 65 5th-grade students were treated to the wit and wisdom of author and poet George Ella Lyon today at DC Prep’s Edgewood Middle Campus. Lyon’s book “All the Water in the World” […]
The kids at Savoy Elementary are doing great — despite several interruptions by one spotlight-hogging Moose. Moose was joined by Caldecott-winning illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky, who read and drew for the children from his hit “Z is for Moose,” written by Kelly Bingham. The event was made possible thanks to a partnership between Reading Is Fundamental and […]
Thanks to thousands of Book People who have rallied together with us, 2012 has been an incredible year at Reading Is Fundamental. We’ve provided millions of children with more than 2 million new books this year, including three powerful partnerships in action just this month: 250,000 books to children nationwide to take home just before […]
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