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Follow on Google News | Award-winning author, Hayley Rose joins Reading Is Fundamental of Southern CA ThanksGIVING CampaignReading Is Fundamental of Southern California kicks off first-ever ThanksGIVING Campaign with free storytime event led by best-selling, award-winning children’s book authors, to begin a donor campaign in response to elimination of federal funding.
By: Fifo The Bear Books Master of Ceremonies Dr. Danny Brassell, Southern California's favorite children's authors and kids from all over the Southern California area will kick off our campaign on Sunday, November 6, with a FREE storytime event from 1-3 p.m. at Jacobs Engineering, located at 1111 South Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena, Calif. RIFSoCal invites kids and their parents for an afternoon of fun, celebration & free book giveaways to support children’s literacy in a time of critical need. “Reading has become a casualty of government cutbacks and RIFSoCal is in a battle for survival,” explains Carol Henault, RIFSoCal’s executive director. “Congress has eliminated funding for Reading Is Fundamental for the first time in its 45-year existence, making our future uncertain and putting the future of our children’s literacy in jeopardy. I’m passionate about the magic of bringing books and children together. I believe the time to act is now; this campaign enables everyone to help us help our children.” Participating authors include: Daryl Wood Gerber a.k.a. Avery Aames Best-selling author of Agatha Award-winning A Cheese Shop Mystery Series Gladys Elizabeth Barbieri Author of Rubber Shoes ... A Lesson in Gratitude Martha Barrios Founder of Frijolitos Latino educational toys Danny Brassell, Ph.D. Professor of Teacher Education, California State University Dominguez Hills; literacy and motivation expert Yasmeen Christian Author of bestsellers The Day Marcie Didn't Talk to Her Friends; Ava Had a Bad Hair Day Cindy Conway “The Library Fairy” storyteller, author of The Magical Tree & Musical Wind Elle Febbo Author of bestseller What Love Is A-Z Sheri Fink Author of bestseller of The Little Rose Cora Burns Forcell Author of Jemmie’s Big Day, librarian, storyteller Teresa de Grosbois Speaker, business trainer, author Dennis Komick Author of Brodie & The Yeti Linda Faye Long Educator, author, visual and performing arts teacher Laura Marlowe Author of Tommy, the Throwaway Dog Diane Namm Children's author of more than 65 titles, award-winning playwright José-Luis Orozco Bilingual educator, children’s author and recording artist Nic Quinn a.k.a. Nic The Artist Coloring & activity series artist of American popular musicians Hayley Rose Multi-award- Richard Rosser Film director, author of Piggy Nation: A Day at Work With Dad, now a musical and comic strip Alva Sachs Author of award-winning Circus Fever & more David Shannon Author/illustrator of more than 25 children’s book, including the Caldecott winner, No, David! Jeannine Thomas Author of Nutter the Survivor Dennis Yang Author of Papa Didos series, founder of Papa Didos Ideals Foundation About RIFSoCal Since 1972, Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California (RIFSoCal) has improved literacy by helping children discover the magic of reading for fun. Using a network of 7,000+ volunteers at 300 sites throughout Greater Los Angeles, RIFSoCal annually provides over 300,000 new, free books of choice, together with motivational reading activities, to build the home libraries of more than 100,000 children and their families. For more information, please visit http://www.RIFSoCal.org. End
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