Thursday, March 28, 2013

Take The Birthday Party Pledge!

 
We recently came across something amazing that we wholeheartedly support called The Birthday Party Pledge! When you take The Birthday Pledge you are committing to these three things:
  • To give multicultural books to kids in your life as birthday presents for a year.
  • To encourage the kids in your life to read about and appreciate diversity in all its forms.
  • To help build a new generation of readers!
We love that the pledge not only encourages kids to read (which is great), but encourages adults to intentionally help kids become more aware of diversity through books (even better!). You can read more about The Birthday Pledge (and find lots of book recommendation lists) by following this link. We hope you'll take the challenge and actively help to promote diversity and reading!

10 comments:

  1. What a great idea. The Birthday Pledge is a great way to get kids to read. It's a great way to get parents actively involved. I was expecting a book review for this post connected to the Kid Lit Blog Hop, but I am glad I found out about the Birthday Pledge. How cool. Thanks for bringing it.

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    1. Thanks so much for your comment, Sue! We're so glad you came by. I did think it might confuse people when posting on the Kids Lit Blog Hop, but since it is still children's book related I thought people would still be interested--and it is such a great idea. So glad you appreciate it as well!

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  2. You are totally fine to post anything related to Children's Literacy in the Kid Lit Blog Hop. :)

    Can't wait to spread the word about this great idea! Thanks for sharing it!

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    1. Glad to hear it, Renee, thanks :) So glad you like the idea and will spread the word!

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  3. This is a great idea! The kids get so overwhelmed with toys anyway, that a book is often the perfect thing... especially when it's the right one :)

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    1. We're so glad you like the idea and agree with your thoughts about the right book for the right child :) Thank you for commenting!

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  4. Love it! we recently gave books and the one before we gave seedlings. :)
    -Reshama
    www.stackingbooks.com

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    1. I love the idea of seedlings! And there are so many great books that a gift of seedlings could be paired with. Thanks for commenting about that wonderful idea!

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  5. I love this idea. My kids get books every year for their birthday so I'll be sure to get some multi-cultural books into the mix. Thanks for sharing this at The Children's Bookshelf.

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    1. Yay! So glad to hear you'll add some multi-cultural books to the mix, Erica! Thanks for reading :)

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