Philadelphia is My Home

31
Jul

Bookworms Unite

Author: Momish, Category: Kids, Local Charity, Shopping

Tomorrow starts Border’s August Book Drive. They will be collecting new books to donate to Reach Out And Read all month.

Now, let me ask you this… do you need any other reason to go to Borders? I didn’t think so.

While you are browsing around, you can pick up a book right then and donate it to this great cause (after you pay for it, of course). Just think, you get new books for your summer reading (still a month left) and pass along the thrill of books to children in our own community.

The love of books and reading is one of the greatest gifts you can offer to anyone, especially to kids that don’t have the luxury to browse around Borders with the world of words at their fingertips.

You should check out some of the information on Reach Out and Read’s website. The studies and statistics regarding the importance of early exposure to reading are interesting. They give a lot of statistics regarding reading out loud to childern under the age of three. I am guilty of failing short in my duties as a parent and fall into the 23% of parents that only do it once or twice a week. But even so, I still believe she will be fine, because I was.

My mother hardly ever read out loud to us as we were kids. But she was an avid reader. So although she didn’t put us to bed with a bedtime story, we watched her enjoy devouring book after book as a favorite past time. That alone was enough to pique our interest and get us hooked.

Exposure is the key, but that requires books, lots of books.

Border’s August Book Drive:

August 1, 2007 12:00 AM
Location: In Store

Philadelphia - Avenue of Arts
1 S. Broad
Suite 100
Philadelphia, PA
Phone:215.568.7400

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