Well, gang, Hawaii won this year's contest and will receive 50,000 donated books to distribute to children in need. Oklahoma came in 4th this year. Our state has won in the past, and I hope next year you will check the First Book Web site from time to time so you can vote for your state and share with others about the book that first got you hooked on reading. Keep in mind that these kids need help in getting started reading. They are your future fans! DC Begin forwarded message: > From: First Book <[log in to unmask]> > Date: October 27, 2009 5:40:39 PM CDT > To: "Chester, Deborah A." <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: First Book E-News: Experience the Algonquin Round Table > Reply-To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > > Having trouble viewing this email? View a web version. > > > October 2009 > KPMG's Family for Literacy – 1 Million Book Milestone > Wake Up to Reading with Cheerios > Join the Cheerios 100,000 Book Giveaway > KPMG's Family for Literacy – 1 Million Book Milestone > Renowned children's author and creator of the recent Goosebumps > HorrorLandbooks, R.L. Stine will join First Book to celebrate the > distribution of the one millionth book made possible by KPMG's > Family for Literacy. Just in time for Stine's favorite holiday, the > Halloween celebration will occur at a school in Harlem where Stine > will note that nothing scares him more than the thought of kids > growing up without books. > > Thanks to generous contributions of funding and volunteer time by > KPMG partners, staff, their families and friends, First Book has > been able to reach tens of thousands of children with wonderful new > books over the course of the two-year collaboration. First Book is > especially grateful to Susan Flynn and Beth Veihmeyer who helped > originate KPMG's Family for Literacy which has quickly proven to be > an innovative model for engaging partners, employees, alumni, > retirees, and interns in a shared cause that benefits the > educational needs of children in need in KPMG communities nationwide. > > Wake Up to Reading > This month, Cheerios® is launching its 8th year of inviting families > to wake up to reading – with a whopping six million children's books > free inside cereal boxes. > > This year's books, all from Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing > and specially printed in both English and Spanish, are Tea for Ruby, > Ballyhoo Bay, What's Under the Bed?,Sleepyhead and Junkyard Fort – a > brand new "Trucktown" book available only in Cheerios boxes. Over > the past eight years, Cheerios has distributed more than 40 million > books inside boxes and donated $3.2 million to First Book. > > Join the 100,000 Book Giveaway > But wait, there's more! First Book and the family of Cheerios > cereals have teamed up with Jon Scieszka, author ofJunkyard Fort and > the current National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, to > help distribute 100,000 books to children in need across the > country. By answering the trivia questions featured in the > challenge, you can help select the states that will receive new > books for local kids. Visit www.firstbook.org/scieszka today to be a > part of the 100,000 Book Giveaway! > > To learn more about the Spoonfuls of Stories program, please visit > the First Book Blog. > > > Experience the Algonquin Round Table > Join First Book at the Second Annual Book Bash > Hawaii is Hooked on Books and Your Top 25 > First Book and Neiman Marcus Offer the Algonquin Round Table > Experience! > Book lovers everywhere are all > talking about the most lavish and > luxurious literary experience of > a lifetime: > The Algonquin Round Table Dinner. > > First Book, chosen as the Neiman > Marcus Christmas Book 2009 > signature charity, will bring the > best and brightest minds of modern literature, including Christopher > Buckley, Delia and Nora Ephron, John Lithgow, and George > Stephanopoulos, together at a fabulous round table dinner. > > Learn more about this once-in-a-lifetime experience and give the > gift that never goes out of style, a donation to First Book. > > Join First Book at the Second Annual Book Bash > Ring in the holidays, help First Book bring books to kids and join > us at the Second Annual Book Bash to be held on Friday, December 11, > from 9 p.m. until midnight at The Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in New York > City. Tickets are $250 each and sponsorship opportunities are > available. The event will include fantastic entertainment, special > guests and a fabulous silent auction. > > Hawaii is Hooked on Books and Your Top 25 Favorites > Congratulations to Hawaii, the winner of 50,000 new books for kids > in need from this year's "What Book Got You Hooked?" contest. Dr. > Seuss' Beginner Books, including Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in > The Hat, were this year's top vote-getters in the online campaign to > discover what books got Americans hooked on reading. > > Visit the What Book Got You Hooked Web site to view the entire list > of top 25 books, see the final state rankings and learn how the > books will be distributed in Hawaii. > > First Book, 1319 F Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004 (202) > 393-1222 > Privacy Policy | Contact Us > First Book provides new books to children in need addressing one of > the most important factors affecting literacy - access to books. > > If you received this email from a friend, please sign up to receive > emails from First Book. > > > > Please see below to unsubscribe from this mailing (First Book News) > or to unsubscribe from all First Book emails. > > Unsubscribe from this mailing. > > Unsubscribe from all mailings from First Book. > > Modify your profile and subscription preferences. Deborah Chester John Crain Presidential Professor Gaylord College of Journalism & Mass Communication 395 W. Lindsey Street Norman, OK 73019 (405) 325-4192 [log in to unmask]