tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50873403575037314882024-03-13T12:07:53.609-07:00International Book Giving DayA day dedicated to getting new, used, or borrowed books in the hands of as many kids as possible.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09762953576155191894noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087340357503731488.post-48428593680287072102012-12-10T07:49:00.000-08:002012-12-10T07:50:27.240-08:00Visit Our New Website!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Visit us at our NEW International Book Giving Day website!</b><br />
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09762953576155191894noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087340357503731488.post-29442277480056538592012-02-27T02:56:00.001-08:002012-02-29T02:28:20.217-08:00We Look Forward to 2013!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I think we are onto something special here. It was wonderful to see how people from around the world celebrated <b><a href="http://bookgivingday.blogspot.com/p/photos-stories.html" target="_blank">International Book Giving Day in 2012</a></b>.<br />
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If you are interested in joining the International Book Giving Day festivities next year, like International Book Giving Day on Facebook or follow International Book Giving Day on Twitter, and we will be in touch. We welcome your ideas and support. If you have a proposal or a special interest in getting involved in International Book Giving Day 2013, please email me at amy dot broadmoore at gmail dot com.<br />
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We look forward to celebrating with you in February 2013!</div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09762953576155191894noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087340357503731488.post-18446944056264004562012-02-20T12:33:00.000-08:002012-02-21T06:09:20.644-08:00Pelican Post: Send Books Directly to Schools in AfricaPelican Post's objective is to supply 20 copies each of various children's fiction books to classrooms in Africa. Pelican Post enables supporters to choose an African school to support and then send books directly to the school of their choice. To ensure that books sent are appropriate, Pelican Post has compiled a booklist of recommended books with African characters.<br />
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Pelican Post is a new organization. As a pilot project, Pelican Post has partnered with fourteen schools in six African countries.<br />
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To support Pelican Post's work, you can go to <b><a href="http://www.pelican-post.org/" target="_blank">Pelican Post's webpage</a></b> and pledge to send one or more books to one of Pelican Post's partner schools. Then, purchase the books, and send them to the address provided. Alternatively, you can donate money to Pelican Post <b><a href="http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charity-web/charity/finalCharityHomepage.action?charityId=1004451" target="_blank">here</a></b>. Pelican Post is also looking for new schools to partner with and volunteers to assist with various projects.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09762953576155191894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087340357503731488.post-1870710047743625212012-02-18T03:55:00.000-08:002012-02-20T07:12:29.790-08:00Pratham Books: A Nonprofit Publisher Publishing Affordable Children's BooksPratham Books, based in India, is a nonprofit children's book publisher whose goal is to help make children's books accessible to every child in India. Pratham Books publishes affordable children's books in a variety of Indian languages. Begun in 2004, Pratham Books has thus far published 170 different titles in 14 Indian languages.<br />
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For International Book Giving Day, Pratham Books has compiled a list of ten organizations in India in need of books. These ten organizations range from a traveling library to a home for abandoned girls to an under-resourced public school. For each organization, Pratham Books lists the types of books needed and the organization's address. To help, you can purchase books from <b><a href="http://prathambooks.org/" target="_blank">Pratham Books</a></b> or another publisher (<b><a href="http://flipkart.com/">flipkart.com</a></b> sells books from a variety of publishers) and have the books shipped to one of the organizations in need.<br />
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See <b><a href="http://blog.prathambooks.org/2012/02/celebrate-international-book-giving-day_14.html" target="_blank">"Celebrate International Book Giving Day With These Organizations"</a></b> at Pratham Books' website. Pratham Books is encouraging people to send books to these organizations throughout February.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09762953576155191894noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087340357503731488.post-16849058609737393842012-02-14T00:48:00.000-08:002012-02-17T12:54:50.268-08:00Happy International Book Giving Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tarAX_Fq50c/Tzoy8hJmZ_I/AAAAAAAAB9M/bVVHQA_NhSk/s1600/International+Book+Giving+Day+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tarAX_Fq50c/Tzoy8hJmZ_I/AAAAAAAAB9M/bVVHQA_NhSk/s400/International+Book+Giving+Day+collage.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy International Book Giving Day to each and every one of you giving books to kids today! It is a pleasure to have you joining us from Australia, Canada, South Africa, France, India, Ireland, Japan, the Philippines, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States (thus far)!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Things you can do <i>today</i></b><b> to celebrate!</b></span><br />
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</span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Give a book to a child as a Valentine’s Day present. </span></li>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today is the last day to commit to giving a book to a child. If you haven’t already, decide how you will celebrate International Book Giving Day, and <b>add your name to our list </b>of people giving books to kids for International Book Giving Day. See <b><a href="http://bookgivingday.blogspot.com/p/were-giving-books.html" target="_blank">We're Giving Books</a></b> above.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have the chance, <b>take a picture of your act of giving.</b> Send your pictures to me via email (amy dot broadmoore at gmail dot com), Facebook, or Twitter, or add them directly to <b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1923386@N23/pool/" target="_blank">International Book Giving Day’s flickr group</a></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lastly, <b>enjoy the photos and stories</b> that people are sending in about their acts of giving. See <b><a href="http://bookgivingday.blogspot.com/p/photos-stories.html" target="_blank">Photos & Stories</a></b>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What are you doing to celebrate International Book Giving Day?</span></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09762953576155191894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087340357503731488.post-45985411601319290192012-02-13T19:49:00.000-08:002012-02-17T12:56:13.133-08:00Book Aid International: Addressing the Need for Books in Sub-Saharan Africa<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, I want to share this video with you entitled <i>Books Change Lives</i>. This video does an excellent job of conveying the value of books to those living in sub-Saharan Africa.</span><br />
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</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Book Aid International has been working since 1954 to meet the need for books in sub-Saharan Africa. UK book publishers donate more than 500,000 new books to Book Aid International each year, and Book Aid International ships these books to school and community libraries throughout sub-Saharan Africa and Palestine.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Book Aid International does not accept used books because it has neither the warehouse space nor the funds to store and ship more books than it receives directly from book publishers. For more information about how you can donate money to Book Aid International, see <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><b><a href="http://www.bookaid.org/" target="_blank">Book Aid International's website</a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;">. UK book publishers can learn how to become a book donor <b><a href="http://www.bookaid.org/publisher/become-a-book-donor/" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</span></span></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09762953576155191894noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087340357503731488.post-56067095964821860132012-02-13T00:34:00.000-08:002012-02-17T12:57:20.521-08:00Books for Africa: The World's Largest Shipper of Donated Books to Africa<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gJZ88a3JP1M/TzjI3wbYzVI/AAAAAAAAB9E/a4S1MkRH6eA/s1600/books+for+africa_box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gJZ88a3JP1M/TzjI3wbYzVI/AAAAAAAAB9E/a4S1MkRH6eA/s200/books+for+africa_box.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The simplicity of Books for Africa’s work is attractive. Books for Africa focuses solely on collecting, sorting, shipping, and distributing books to Africa. It relies on volunteers to sort donated books based on subject and age level. After books are shipped to Africa, they are distributed to schools, libraries, and individuals.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Books for Africa is based in the United States, with warehouses in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Atlanta, Georgia. You can support Books for Africa’s work by donating gently used books. See <b><a href="http://www.booksforafrica.org/books-computers/donate-books.html" target="_blank">Books for Africa's website</a> </b>for the shipping address and information about the types of books Books for Africa will accept. In addition, you can support Books for Africa’s efforts by donating money to pay for shipping or by volunteering to sort books at one of Books for Africa’s two warehouses. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Books for Africa is a simple idea, but its impact is transformative. For us, literacy is quite simply the bridge from misery to hope. -</i>Kofi Annan, former U.N. Secretary-General</span></blockquote>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09762953576155191894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087340357503731488.post-74499493152713579392012-02-12T22:04:00.000-08:002012-02-13T00:43:04.611-08:00Do you have a used book or two that you could donate to a good cause?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Two kids, Gigi and Mason, sifted through their book collection and found <b><i>sixty</i></b> books to give away for International Book Giving Day! Wow! It made me very happy to read about these two kids generously giving their books to others: <a href="http://urbangirlinterrupted.blogspot.com/2012/02/international-book-giving-day-getting.html?spref=fb" target="_blank">International Book Giving Day: Getting Ready</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <a href="http://urbangirlinterrupted.blogspot.com/2012/02/international-book-giving-day-getting.html?spref=fb" target="_blank">Urban Girl, Interrupted</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <a href="http://www.booksforafrica.org/why-books.html" target="_blank">Books for Africa</a>.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">The contrast between the top photograph of a girl surrounded by books and the bottom photograph of six girls sharing a book is striking.</div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09762953576155191894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087340357503731488.post-55074518226832167272012-02-12T04:23:00.000-08:002012-02-13T00:44:02.247-08:00Room to Read: Working Worldwide to Help Kids Pursue a Quality Education<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Room to Read is an organization with a big vision: A world where all children can pursue a quality education and contribute to their communities and the world. One of the main ways Room to Read works to achieve this goal is by establishing libraries so that kids have access to books. Room to Read also publishes children’s books in a variety of languages to ensure that libraries have books written in local languages. So far, Room to Read has established and helped maintain more than 12,000 libraries in 10 countries in Africa and Asia. You can learn more about Room to Read’s efforts to establish libraries <a href="http://www.roomtoread.org/page.aspx?pid=281" target="_blank">here</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Room to Read has chapters in the United States, Canada, Asia, the Middle East, Australasia, and Europe, so there is a good chance that Room to Read has a chapter near you.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">You can support Room to Read’s efforts to establish libraries by donating money to their <b><a href="http://www.roomtoread.org/Page.aspx?pid=457" target="_blank">Room to Dream</a></b> campaign. Alternatively, you can support all of Room to Read’s program areas, which include supporting teachers teaching kids to read, funding school construction, and working towards gender equality in education.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">While Room to Read does not accept used book donations, those of you in the United States can donate used books to <b><a href="http://www.betterworldbooks.com/Info-Donate-Books-m-7.aspx" target="_blank">Better World Books</a></b>. Better World Books will sell your used books and donate the proceeds to Room to Read upon request.</div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09762953576155191894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087340357503731488.post-66219461300359954672012-02-11T09:20:00.000-08:002012-02-19T06:27:04.958-08:00Let's do this...but with children's books!<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i>30 Gifts to 30 Strangers</i> by Lucas Jatoba</div><div style="text-align: left;">I love the joyful giving in this video!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28878406?portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>Man's first responsibility is to be happy. The second is to make everyone else happy.</i> -Cantinflas</blockquote>Don't forget to share a photo here -- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1923386@N23/" target="_blank">International Book Giving Day flickr group</a> -- or here -- <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BookGivingDay" target="_blank">International Book Giving Day Facebook page</a> -- or send a photo to amy dot broadmoore at gmail dot com.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09762953576155191894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087340357503731488.post-45498201356554811062012-02-11T04:41:00.000-08:002012-02-11T12:39:24.336-08:00An International Book Giving Day Flier<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you are excited about International Book Giving Day, here are a couple ways to encourage those in your community to participate. You can print off a flier and hang it at your library, college campus, coffee shop, concert venue, school, church, or other community gathering spot. You can also attach a book drop sign to a box and collect used children's books to give to a good cause.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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The Book Bus is currently accepting books for Zambia. The deadline for shipping books to Zambia just happens to be February 14th -- International Book Giving Day. More information about donating books is available at <b><a href="http://www.thebookbus.org/" target="_blank">The Book Bus's website</a></b>.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">For more: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/jun/20/volunteering-zambia-travel-library-tour" target="_blank">"The Book Stops Here" - <i>The Guardian</i> </a></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09762953576155191894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087340357503731488.post-47699873677720828512012-02-09T12:51:00.000-08:002012-02-17T18:26:18.524-08:00Let's Share What We Are Doing to Celebrate International Book Giving Day<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are getting books into children's hands (and hearts!) on International Book Giving Day this year, we want to celebrate you and your generosity! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We hope that we can all use this International Book Giving Day website (and associated Facebook page, flickr group, etc.) to connect, share stories, and inspire each other to work together to ensure that all kids have access to books.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To that end, please take a few moments to…<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Add your name to the list of people giving books to kids. Leave your name and country as a comment on the “<b><a href="http://bookgivingday.blogspot.com/p/were-giving-books.html" target="_blank">We’re Giving Books</a></b>” page.</span></span><br />
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</span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Share a photograph. This could be a photograph of a child unwrapping a book, a book being slyly deposited in a waiting room, a Valentine’s Day book exchange, etc. A few ways to share photos: 1) add a photo to our <b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1923386@N23/" target="_blank">International Book Giving Day flickr group</a></b>, 2) post a photo on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BookGivingDay?sk=wall&filter=1" target="_blank"><b>International Book Giving Day’s Facebook page</b></a>, or 3) email a photo to amy dot broadmoore at gmail dot com. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Leave a comment here or on our Facebook page letting us know how you plan to celebrate International Book Giving Day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Attn Bloggers: Join our International Book Giving Day Link-Up</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1fG73b_oYxg/TzR7stlDDZI/AAAAAAAAB6A/KeYlnogeu2g/s1600/book+present.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="123" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1fG73b_oYxg/TzR7stlDDZI/AAAAAAAAB6A/KeYlnogeu2g/s200/book+present.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;">We are inviting those of you who have blogs to join our </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">International Book Giving Day link-up</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;">To participate, write a short post about which books you gave and to whom. Publish the post on your own blog sometime between February 14th and February 21st.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;">On </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">February 21st</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;">, we will host a link-up at <b><a href="http://www.playingbythebook.net/" target="_blank">Playing by the book</a> </b>and, if all goes well, right hear. You are warmly invited to take part. So, “put a note in your diary,” “mark your calendars,” or do what you do to ensure that you do not forget important dates – important dates lik</span>e February 21<sup>st</sup> – the date of our<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"> </span>International Book Giving Day link-up.</span></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09762953576155191894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087340357503731488.post-63095886512526772272012-02-09T04:17:00.000-08:002012-02-17T13:19:03.612-08:00International Book Giving Day Bookplates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Three children's author/illustrators have generously designed International Book Giving Day bookplates! You can download these bookplates and attach them to books you give for International Book Giving Day if you would like.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This first bookplate from <a href="http://claras.me/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Clara Vulliamy</a> features characters from her soon to be published book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Heart-School-Martha-Bunny-Brothers/dp/0007419163" target="_blank"><b>Martha and the Bunny Brothers</b></a>. Thank you very much, Clara, for your immediate enthusiasm and support for International Book Giving Day!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EQ-9jQSbtLQ/TzO1Nh8OeqI/AAAAAAAAB5g/UsE6A1Gz09Y/s1600/bunnybookplate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EQ-9jQSbtLQ/TzO1Nh8OeqI/AAAAAAAAB5g/UsE6A1Gz09Y/s400/bunnybookplate.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.playingbythebook.net/wp-content/uploads//bunnybookplate.pdf" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">International Book Giving Day bookplate - Clara Vulliamy</span></a></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This second bookplate was designed by author/illustrator <b><a href="http://www.vivianeschwarz.co.uk/" target="_blank">Viviane Schwarz</a></b>. It's kind of perfect for International Book Giving Day. Thanks, Viviane!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P4m3TBVShCQ/TzPO6CtOS9I/AAAAAAAADTM/S_WRFYri3cY/s1600/cattybookplate.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">International Book Giving Day bookplate - Viviane Schwarz</span></a></b><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And a third bookplate! Awesome! This time, created by children's author and illustrator <a href="http://www.alexmilway.com/international-book-giving-day/comment-page-1/#comment-237" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Alex Milway</a>. Now you have options. I think this third bookplate, featuring Harold the Hamster, might be the best choice for my 7-year-old son.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0o9iXJy1g3s/TzRwIHj23KI/AAAAAAAAB54/g2FhZCpSoUs/s1600/International+Book+Giving+Day+-+Alex+Milway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0o9iXJy1g3s/TzRwIHj23KI/AAAAAAAAB54/g2FhZCpSoUs/s400/International+Book+Giving+Day+-+Alex+Milway.jpg" width="350" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.alexmilway.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/harold-bookgiving-ded.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">International Book Giving Day - Alex Milway</span></a></b></div></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09762953576155191894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087340357503731488.post-37230034829278569342012-02-08T09:48:00.000-08:002012-02-17T13:19:31.409-08:00An Invitation to Authors (and other rock stars of the children's book world)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Help us get new, used, or borrowed books in the hands of as many children as possible this month!</span><br />
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You can participate in International Book Giving Day by giving a book to a friend or relative, donating a box of used books to a good cause, or leaving a children's book in a waiting room. Let us know that you are participating, and we will add your name to our list of author participants.</span><br />
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To let us know that you're in, leave a comment, email amy dot broadmoore at gmail dot com, or tweet @bookgivingday or @delightchildbks.</span><br />
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<b>Let's see how many people we can get to commit to giving a book to a child by February 14th!</b></span><br />
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</b>Also, if you would like to donate a bajillion books to The Book Bus or Books for Africa, design a bookplate or a lovelier header for this website, or organize a fleet of biblioburros to bring books to kids throughout the world, we will work with you. We look forward to hearing from you!<br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a fantastic story! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;">Colombian teacher, Luis Soriano Bohorquez, shares his collection of books with kids in rural Colombian villages via his "biblioburro" -- his books and a table (!) strapped to his donkey's back.</span></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/9607291?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe></span></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09762953576155191894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087340357503731488.post-90322009818214480652012-02-06T19:14:00.000-08:002012-02-17T13:19:59.248-08:00Three simple ways you can get involved with International Book Giving Day<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Give a Book to a Friend or Relative. </strong></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is there a child in your life who would enjoy receiving a book on February 14th? In lieu of or in addition to a card or box of chocolates, choose a good book from a bookstore or public library. Do not underestimate the value of a library book lovingly selected and wrapped in pretty paper.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Donate a Book.</strong></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong>Wrap up a box of children’s books that your kids have outgrown and get them in the hands of children who could really use a book or two. </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Donate your books to your local second hand store, library, children’s hospital, or shelter. Alternatively, donate your books to an organization working internationally to get books in the hands of kids.</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.booksforafrica.org/books-computers/donate-books.html" target="_blank">Books for Africa (US)</a></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.thebookbus.org/index.php/book-bus-help-with-donation/help-donating-books.html" target="_blank">The Book Bus (UK)</a></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.pelican-post.org/" target="_blank">Pelican Post (UK)</a></span></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b>3. Leave a Book in a Waiting Room or Lobby.</b></span></span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Choose a waiting room where kids are stuck waiting and there are few to no good books available. Purchase a good book, and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 24px;">deposit your book covertly or overtly in your waiting room of choice. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 24px;">The goal here is to spread the love of reading to kids, so choose a fun book, nothing controversial.</span></span></div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09762953576155191894noreply@blogger.com1