Page Ahead Book Drive in May
Sponsored by ASWA Seattle
Community Service Committee
April 28th –
May 31st
Who is Page Ahead?
A
Local non-profit that…
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Provides
new books to at-risk children to choose, keep and treasure.
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Engages
parents and recruits community volunteers to read with children.
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Helps
schools and social service agencies operate successful literacy
programs.
This
year, Page Ahead is providing 142,933 books to 51,618 children.
Why Books?
Because
success in life begins with reading…
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Being
read to as a youngster is the foremost predictor of academic success
in childhood.
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A
child who lacks early exposure to reading often suffers from low
self-esteem, struggles academically and is at higher risk for
substance abuse, teen pregnancy and delinquency.
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Access
to age-appropriate books and reading aloud to children are essential
to developing language and reading skills.
How Can I Help?
By donating…
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Books (new
books only, see wish list on reverse side →)
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Cash (each increment
of $5 means one new book to an at risk child)
Where do I donate?
PRIZE!!!
Gift basket of 12 mystery
novels. Books are all hardcover and brand new.
To win: Attend the May
dinner meeting and buy a $5 raffle ticket OR mention that you made a
donation to Page Ahead and receive a complimentary raffle ticket.
WISH
LIST…books children want the most
Picture
Books
Alphabet
Adventure by
Audrey Woods
Anansi
the Spider by
Gerald McDermott
Boat
Alphabet Book by
Jerry Pallotta
Bug
Faces by
Darlyne Murawski
Chicka
Chicka Boom Boom by
Bill Martin
Clamshell
Boy: A Makah Legend by
Terri Cohlene
Click
Clack Moo by
Doreen Cronin
Dinosaur
Roar! by
Paul Stickland
Firefighters
A to Z by
Chris Demarest
Grapes
of Math by
Greg Tang
How
Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by
Jane Yolen
Jumanji
by
Chris Van Allsburg
Mabela
the Clever by
Margaret Read MacDonald
“More,
More, More” Said the Baby by
Vera Williams
Mrs.
Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile by
Won-Ldy Paye
Red
Eyed Tree Frog by
Joy Cowley
Scranimals
by
Jack Prelutsky
Snakey
Riddles by
Katy Hall
Take
Me Out of the Bathtub by
Alan Katz
Very
Hungry Caterpillar by
Eric Carle
Where’s
My Teddy? by
Jez Alborough
Yoko
by
Rosemary Wells
Chapter
Books
A
to Z Mysteries by
Ron Roy
At
the Plate with—Ichiro by
Glenn Stout
Because
of Winn-Dixie by
Kate DiCamillo
Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory by
Roald Dahl
Esperanza
Rising by
Pam Munoz Ryan
Frindle
by
Andrew Clements
Girls
of Many Lands series (by
assorted authors)
Gloria
Rising by
Ann Cameron
Granny
Torrelli Makes Soup by
Sharon Creech
Honus
and Me by
Dan Gutman
Indian
Shoes by
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Judy
Moody series by
Megan McDonald
Magic
School Bus Chapters series (by
assorted authors)
Magic
Tree House series by
Mary Pope Osborn
Redwall
series by
Brian Jacques
Regarding
the Fountain by
Kate Klise
Secrets
of Droon series by
Tony Abbott
Series
of Unfortunate Events by
Lemony Snicket
Whipping
Boy by
Sid Fleischman
Board
Books
Black
on White and White on Black by
Tana Hoban
Maisy
Books by
Lucy Cousins
I
See and I Touch by
Helen Oxenbury
Where’s
the Baby? by
Cheryl Christian
Whistle
for Willie by
Ezra Jack Keats
Wrapping
Paper Romp by
Patricia Hubbell
I
thank you for the books there so good. I think its inproved are
reading. They’ve inspiyered us for reading. We realy need them. So
if you are kind enough to send us more we realy look up to you.
Sarah,
Jackson Park Elementary
