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Books for Kids Supports Scholastic’s Efforts to Give Away a Million Books to Kids in Need

• January 20th, 2012

Here is how you can help.

Go to www.youarewhatyouread.com, a site that is part of Scholastic’s global literacy campaign, Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life.

You can be part of One Million Bookprints for One Million Books by visiting www.youarewhatyouread.com and sharing your Bookprint, the five books that helped shape your life. For every Bookprint created, Scholastic Book Clubs will donate a book, up to one million books. And it doesn’t cost you anything.

Help move the counter toward the goal. Create your Bookprint today. Share the site with your family and friends and join the conversation about the importance of books in all our lives.

Laughing for Literacy Luncheon

• January 20th, 2012

Join Books for Kids for our first ever fund-raising comedy luncheon on February 29, 2012 at 12 pm at the legendary comedy venue Carolines on Broadway. This hysterically fun afternoon of laughter is hosted by comedian, TV and radio personality Karith Foster, and joined by fellow well-known comedians Ted Alexandro and Karen Bergreen.

For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.

Books for Kids Giving Tree at the Plaza!

• November 29th, 2011

Join Books for Kids and Eloise for the unveiling of our Holiday Giving Tree at the Eloise Store at the Plaza on December 1 from 5 to 6 pm. Followed by Story Time in the Reading Room with Masha D’yans, who will be reading her new book “Razzle-Dazzle Ruby”.

For more information and to find out about additional Books for Kids and Eloise Story Times click here.

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The mission of the Books for Kids Foundation is to promote literacy among all children with a special emphasis on low-income and at-risk preschool-aged children. Books for Kids creates libraries, donates books, and partners with literacy programs to develop the critical early foundation and skills which young children need to be successful in life.

Studies show that emergent literacy in preschoolers must be supported by a print-rich environment. Books for Kids ensures that Department of Education-recommended books are available wherever children spend their day, by donating books and establishing libraries in those facilities. We also ensure that each child receives a brand new book to take home and share with their family.

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In 1986, the Books for Kids Foundation was created by a few individuals in New York City who recognized that children who do not have adequate access to books must surmount enormous disadvantages when entering school.

What began as an informal project to collect and distribute 1,000 books to needy children for the holidays quickly took on much greater dimensions when we placed 2,000 books in the first year and 9,000 in the next. It was clear to the founders that an organization providing access to age-appropriate books for low-income children with little or no resources was desperately needed.

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American Advertising Federation • The Barakett Foundation • Cotton Hall Asset Management • Diane von Furstenberg • The Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation • The Doster Family • Endeavor Foundation • HarperCollins • Highsmith • Holland & Knight • Hudson • The Brooke Jackman Foundation • Lydian Asset Management • McMaster-Carr • Francine Mozer • Pottery Barn Kids • Prime • The Pamela and Richard Rubinstein Foundation • Margaret & Douglas Simons