We Give Books

Off to the side on something I was reading was this link to We Give Books.  It sounded interesting enough to check out. Wow!  You need to sign up, but it looks well worth it. It was created by The Penguin Group and the Pearson Foundation and offers free online books to read. In return, for every book read online, a book will be donated to the various site designated charity partner.  There are charities like books for Haiti, some that are low-income schools or libraries in the US, and others are in various parts of the world.  You can also change which charity you are reading on behalf of.

 The website, http://www.wegivebooks.org/, says "All of the books available for online reading are children’s picture books appropriate for children through age ten. There is a mix of fiction and nonfiction, a range of authors, and an equal balance between read-alouds and books for independent readers. We’ll be adding news books every month, together with special seasonal offerings."

Book Summaries

Have you ever wondered how that concise book summary was written and by whom?
Well wonder no longer - read about how fiction, especially children's fiction summaries are written at the Library of Congress
http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/shelftalker/?p=3107

Eleanor Coerr dies

Did you know that Eleanor Coerr (author of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes) was born in Kamsack?
Follow this link to read about her career...
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/newslettersnewsletterbucketextrahelping2/888243-477/eleanor_coerr_author_of_sadako.html.csp