Earn up to 500 Free Books for Your School!
Join us beginning February 14 and help We Give Books give 150,000 books to public elementary schools across the United States – including yours – during Read for My School! We Give Books’ Read for My School is your chance to highlight the importance of supporting our schools and the essential role that reading and school libraries play in the lives of our children. Each school that has 50 or more books read on its behalf during Read for My School will be eligible to earn up to 500 free books donated by We Give Books! Sign up now and we’ll send you a reminder email when the campaign begins.
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The 50th Anniversary of The Snowy Day
In 1962, Ezra Jack Keats’ The Snowy Day was revolutionary, ushering in an era of cultural and artistic change in children’s books still apparent today.
That Peter, The Snowy Day’s central character, was African American and living in a crowded city offered an experience that was new to children’s books, yet familiar to any child who has ever played in the snow.
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Featured Book:
Henry and the Valentine Surprise
There is a heart-shaped box on the teacher’s desk! Who is it for? In Henry and the Valentine Surprise, this week’s featured book, Henry and his classmates wonder if Mr. McCarthy has lots of girlfriends when they see him talking to the playground monitor, smiling at the lunch lady, and eating with the French teacher. But when Henry finally asks Mr. McCarthy about the box, the class gets a big surprise!
Celebrate Black
History Month
Each February we celebrate Black History Month, and this year We Give Books is sharing inspiring stories about courageous individuals. Share a moving book about the struggle for human rights with Free at Last: The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr., the fascinating retelling of the first transcontinental flight by James Banning with The Hallelujah Flight, and stories of Rosa Parks’ courage with Back of the Bus and Who Was Rosa Parks? Start reading today!
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