Be a Read Aloud School or Read Aloud Community!
Read Aloud Nebraska invites you to apply now to be a Read Aloud School or Read
Aloud Community. The deadline is November 1, 2010.
Read Aloud Schools and Communities receive:
• Recognition on the Read Aloud Nebraska website
• Opportunity to request FREE books for children in your school (deadline Oct. 1,
2010) (more opportunities will be offered)
• Press release and other PR materials
• Certificate signed by the Governor
• Communication regarding reading activities/updates in Nebraska
• Placement in a drawing for a Read Aloud Party in your school or community during Read Aloud to a Child Month in November
Annual renewal includes everything above, plus:
• Eligibility to apply for annual RAN mini-grants ($250)
Visit the website at
www.readaloudnebraska.org to fill out the short application form today!
I am currently reading
Cosmic by British author Frank Cottrell Boyce and it is great fun! Liam is 12 years old but is tall and has some beard fuzz starting. He is frustrated because his height makes people think he is older and “should know better.” A series of circumstances put him on an experimental rocket with four children, he is supposed to be the responsible adult. Something went wrong and they are continuing out into space with no way to get home. Liam is recording the story to his parents on his cell phone. They think he is attending a Gifted and Talented week in the Lake District. Can’t wait to find out what happens!
(The Nebraska Library Commission receives free copies of children’s and young adult books for review from a number of publishers. After review, the books are distributed free to Nebraska school and public libraries.)
