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By: Cynthia Reeg,
on 9/28/2012
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."
By: Becky H.,
on 10/5/2010
On October 7th, children and
adults nationwide will take part in Jump Start’s 5th Annual Read for the Record Day. This one-day celebration of literacy will kick off on NBC’s the TODAY Show, followed by thousands of celebrations in communities and classrooms nationwide. The day will aim to break the world record of the most people reading the same book on the same day, while raising awareness of America’s education crisis. This year’s book of choice? Ezra Jack Keat’s The Snowy Day.
From now until Thursday, you can play a part in breaking this world record by reading The Snowy Day online at www.wegivebooks.org. For each book read, The Pearson Foundation will donate a hard copy of The Snowy Day to a child, preparing them to read on Thursday.
So help break a world record, make a child smile, and spread the power of literacy by reading online today!
For more information about this campaign, please visit: http://www.readfortherecord.org
