Children’s Book Week and Better World Books Super Sale!

My new favorite holiday – Children’s Book Week!

 

Better World Books collects and sells books online, to donate books and fund literacy initiatives worldwide. With more than 8 million new and used titles in stock, it’s a self-sustaining, triple-bottom-line company that creates social, economic and environmental value.  To date, the company has raised over $11 million for libraries and literacy, and diverted millions of books from landfills. 


What’s the best time for to learn the love of reading?  Better World Books agrees with me -- the sooner the better.  Course that's why Kiddo has outgrown not 1, but 2 bookshelves in her room already! Yup, it's time to cul out some books and send them to Better World Books! And that’s why I wanted to spread the word about Children’s Book Week, the national celebration of reading for youth that kicks off May 7^th. 


 The observance (administered by Every Child A Reader and sponsored by the Children’s Book Council) honors the life-changing potential of a book, especially during a young person’s formative years.


Here are a few ways to celebrate for Children’s Book Week (and all year long!): 

• Buy a book from BetterWorldBooks.com.  With every book purchased, they donate a book to someone who needs it.  The vast majority of donations goes to Books for Africa and Feed the Children. 
•  Pick out one of your (or one of your parents’) favorite books from childhood and introduce it to your kid at bedtime. 
• Spend some time at your local library.  Even a few minutes here and there in our busy schedule will help instill a lifelong love of books.
• Pen your own children’s book to read to your kids.  Have them also write their own to read to you, too! 
• Pick out 5 books, either from your own collection or from a book store, to donate to literacy campaigns throughout the world (Better World Books is a great example of one such outlet.) 

 And, Better World Books is reducing the price on a huge selection of used children’s books.  Shop their Children’s Book Week sale selection and get 3 used books for $9, and any additional used books for $3 each. Children’s Book Week kicks off on May 7^th, and ends on the 13th. 


So get reading!!