Posts Tagged ‘Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’
Our good friend, award-winning author, and the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is on a multi-city tour to spread the news about the release of his latest children’s book, Sasquatch in the Paint, about a nerdy eighth-grader who grows so tall that a basketball coach is determined to turn him into a player. He made two special […]
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Happy 85th birthday to a legend in the children’s literature world, Maurice Sendak. We wish you were here to celebrate with us, but you’ve indeed already given us so many wild memories. Here’s a few of our favorites from this past year: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Gala 2013 Original Gala artwork inspired by “Where […]
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This morning, we kept our WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE celebration going in true RIF fashion – heading off to share the joy of reading with more than 100 children at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School in Washington, D.C. Basketball legend and children’s book author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joined RIF in giving the kids of Amidon-Bowen Elementary the gift […]
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