On October 21, millions of children and adults will come together to read a single book for Jumpstart’s Read for the Record®. The annual campaign celebrates literacy and brings awareness to the fact that children in need start kindergarten 60% behind their more affluent peers.
Participants will also be trying to break the world record for largest shared reading experience. In order to do so, more than 2,462,860 people will need to read this year’s selected book, “Bunny Cakes” by bestselling author and illustrator Rosemary Wells.
We’re helping educators and program leaders serving kids in need celebrate! If at least 70% of the children in your program are from low income families or military families, you can order the custom edition of “Bunny Cakes” in both English and Spanish through the First Book Marketplace.
In the last 8 years, Read for the Record has engaged 11.5 million children and put 1.6 million books into the hands of kids in need. We’re excited to help even more kids participate in this year’s celebration. To receive books in time to celebrate on October 21, be sure to order by October 6. Here’s to breaking a new world record together!
Do you work with kids in need? Sign up to access “Bunny Cakes” along with other great books and resources through the First Book Marketplace?
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Jumpstart is a national organization which promotes childhood education. They are combining forces with Penguin and the Pearson Foundation all next week and finishing with a record reading day on October 4. The effort helps to reach millions of preschool children "to encourage them to read."
Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad is this year's
Read For the Record book. Millions of copies of the book will be made available. Click on the link above and you can find out more information as well as download activities and a parent brochure. And to find out more about the
Pearson Foundation and access to free books, click on the links above.
Happy Reading!
On October 6, millions of people all over the world will read “Llama Llama Red Pajama”, by Anna Dewdney, as part of Read for the Record. Our friends at Jumpstart hold this event every year, bringing together parents, teachers, kids, volunteers, celebrities, political leaders and everyone else under the sun to call for an end to the achievement gap that affects kids from low-income neighborhoods.
This year, we’re on track to help set a world record, with 2.1 million people all reading this amazing book. First Book loves “Llama Llama Red Pajama”, and we’re excited to be able to offer it to schools and programs in our network. In order to get the books out to you in time for the kids in your program to participate in Read for the Record, you’ll need to get your order in right away!
So order copies for the kids that you serve and register online to add your voice to the cause.
October 7, 2010 is the official date of the nation-wide campaign to set a new world record for the largest shared reading experience on a single day. The hope is to help draw attention to the growing crisis in early childhood education in America: Today half of children from low-income neighborhoods START school one-two years behind their peers. When these children start behind, they stay behind.
Presented in partnership with the Pearson Foundation, Jumpstart’s Read for the Record brings individuals together to show how this situation can be immediately improved. Last year, more than 2,000,000 children and adults helped set the current world record by taking part in one-day local events across the country. In the process, participants help spread the word that reading and engaging with a child before he or she even enters kindergarten can improve his or her chances of graduating from high school by as much as 30%!
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September is National Library Card Sign-up Month
A library card is a passport. It permits its owner to travel to other places and times through the pages of a book. Membership in the community of the public library places thousands of resources at your fingertips. Celebrate National Library Card Month with a trip to the library to explore all the many resources available!
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Star alongside Oliver Jeffers in the Exclusive Up and Down video! To celebrate the release of this new amazing book we are looking for parents, children and fans of Oliver’s work, to take part in an exclusive Up and Down video reading. Entries must be received by October 10th!
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Where’s Peter from The Snowy Day is traveling the world before he joins Jumpstart’s Read for the Record on October 7th when millions of adults and children will read The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. Don’t forget to pledge to read, or check out the First Book Marketplace to order your programs copies of The Snowy Day
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First Book’s national nonprofit partner, Jumpstart’s Read for the Record© day is only 45 days away. This ground breaking campaign brings children and adults together to read the same book, on the same day, in homes and communities all over the world. The campaign also kicks off Jumpstart’s yearlong program, preparing preschool children in low-income neighborhoods for success in school and life.
Countless celebrities including singing sensation, Justin Bieber; actor, Vince Vaughn; Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe winning actress Mary-Louise Parker; singer/actor, LL Cool J and so many more, have read as part of Jumpstart’s Read for the Record Day.
This year’s Read for the Record book is the award winning title, The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. The First Book Marketplace is carrying this title for only $2.72. Order your books today, so they arrive in time for your event.
How can you participate in this year’s Read for the Record Day on October 7?
- Pledge to Read – Jumpstart is aiming for 2.5 million children to be read to on that day. Go here to register your event.
- Event Tips – Want to participate, but need some help planning an event. Here are some great tips on how to incorporate The Snowy Day into your program.
For more information about Jumpstart’s Read for the Record Day visit their website: http://www.readfortherecord.org
On October 3rd children all over the United States participated in Jumpstart's Read for the Record campaign. Now in its third year, this campaign helps to raise money for the Jumpstart early education programs, and it also puts free books into the hands of children who do not have many books in their lives. So far the campaign has raised $1.5 million through the reading efforts of children, and 200,000 copies of Coduroy - the campaign's official book - will be donated to children in need. For more information about how this event went take a look at this Marketwatch article.
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