I just wanted to let y’all know about an event called Read for the Record that is occurring on Thursday, August 24, 2006. Jumpstart, a literacy nonprofit, is sponsering the event, which is designed to get as many people to read the same book on the same day as possible, and set a world record– and promote awareness of literacy problems in the US and resources that are available to combat it!
The book selected for Read for the Record is The Little Engine that Could, by Watty Piper, recently reillustrated by the wonderfully talented Mr. Loren Long, who happens to be an aquaintance of mine. He’s the sweetest most earnest man you ever met and the book is wonderful– I’m sure you remember it from your own childhood and would love to share it with a child you know!
To sign up and be counted for the World Record, visit www.readfortherecord.com. If you live in the Cincinnati area, join us at Barnes and Noble in West Chester! Bring all of the children and friends you know, grab yourself a Frappacino and settle in for Storytime with the Little Blue Engine. We have crafts, we have snacks, we have the story and most of all we’d love to have YOU!
Wow, that was peppered with exclamation points. Mea Culpa.
~Merry
