Posts Tagged ‘Book People’
Update: Thank you to everyone who shared their favorite #MacysLovesMoms photos! Because of you, Macy’s will donate $80,000 to RIF to support our mission to bring books and the joy of reading to children across the nation. Being mom is a big job, full of tall orders and nearly impossible tasks, bath times, teddy bears, […]
Simplify your holiday shopping by focusing on the gifts that stay with us: curiosity, imagination, the joy of reading. For the book lover on your list, for your child’s favorite teacher, for the grandparent that brought you books and taught you to love reading, a gift to RIF in their honor will help give books to the […]
What’s on Principal Steve Carroll’s schedule? In between the work that keeps every principal busy, he also has harvesting peppers with the kids penned into his calendar — and that’s an appointment he’s not going to miss. This is all happening at Southside Elementary in rural Lee County, Kentucky. Southside serves 200 children, 86% of […]
An interview with The New York Times best-selling author of The Book Thief, Markus Zusak. In a world where everything seemed lost and dark, books brought companionship and warmed the soul in the bestselling novel and soon-to-be movie of The Book Thief. We were lucky enough to ask Markus his thoughts on his popular book, […]
We had an incredible time in Austin last week, celebrating books with Reading Is Fundamental friends and volunteers. We kicked off the trip with a wonderful discussion of the book “Miss Lady Bird’s Wildflowers.” Lynda Johnson Robb, a founding board member of RIF, shared her mother’s legacy along with Kathi Appelt and Joy Fisher Hein, who […]
It’s February and love is in the air. Book love that is. Check out these recent notes from some of our RIF kids. And if you’re struggling with finding that perfect gift for Valentine’s Day, consider giving to RIF in your sweetheart’s name. There’s nothing like the warm fuzzies they’ll get when they realize they’ve […]
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