A recent study concluded that the average child these days has 13 books to call their own. Tragic. (I think I had at least 50, if not tons more. Plus the library at which the librarians knew me by name.)
Go to www.firstbook.org to read more about the study, and if you send the Cat in the Hat a 50th birthday card from the site, a book will be given to a child in need. It literally only takes a minute, so check it out. Or you can get all arty and color for a bit. Skip the surveys today and help a kid learn to read, and hopefully LOVE to read instead.
Repost this so we can get the word around.
Seriously. I went to the site and it's sponsored by Random House. Go give a kid a book!
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Sweet.
Also, is there some sort of announcement you'd like to make? You've already found your dress? Hm? Enquiring minds and all that!
Hell, I found my dress 4 years ago. I don't even know if they still make it anymore. I've had the whole thing in mind forever. I just know where to look for things. Everything is planned as I have a feeling whenever we get around to it, there won't be much time to do it all. This family is very last minute. (Just found out about a last minute family reunion thingie Easter weekend. I can't go because everyone else is already off and someone in our department needs to be there.)
Hell, I found my dress 4 years ago. I don't even know if they still make it anymore. I've had the whole thing in mind forever. I just know where to look for things. Everything is planned as I have a feeling whenever we get around to it, there won't be much time to do it all. This family is very last minute. (Just found out about a last minute family reunion thingie Easter weekend. I can't go because everyone else is already off and someone in our department needs to be there.)
It's so sad that so many people aren't into books. I think my kid has about 100 - and she's only 3. I remember looking at houses to buy, and being so turned off if there were no books. And worse, few or no books if there were built-in bookcases. I would kill for built-in bookcases.
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