Myra here.
International Book Giving Day 2014
We are very excited to once again, be a part of International Book Giving Day this year. The poster has just been released. Isn’t this lovely?
This is the official badge that you can put in your own websites/blogs. Hopefully, we get to update our site and include the widget soonest.
How exactly do you join us, you might ask? Very simple. As can be found in the Official IBGD website, here are the three easy-peasy ways to join in the fun:
1. Give a Book to a Friend or Relative. Celebrate International Book Giving Day by giving a child a new, used or borrowed book.
2. Leave a Book in a Waiting Room or Lobby. Choose a waiting room where kids are stuck waiting and there are few to no good books available. Purchase a good book, and deposit your book covertly or overtly in your waiting room of choice. The goal here is to spread the love of reading to kids, so choose a fun book, nothing controversial.
3. Donate a Book. Wrap up a box of children’s books that your kids have outgrown and get them in the hands of children who could really use a book or two. Donate your books to your local second hand store, library, children’s hospital, or shelter. Alternatively, donate your books to an organization working internationally to get books in the hands of kids.
We also left books lying around for people to find them.
Fats has also done a marvelous job leaving books around in San Diego last year, as you can see in her post here and photo below.
We are truly excited to be part of IBGD once again this year.
Multicultural Children’s Book Day
Erik from ThisKidReviewsBooks alerted me to this event which will be celebrated this 27 January 2014. This event is being hosted by Valarie Budayr from Jump Into a Book and Mia Wenjen from Pragmatic Mom.
As could be found in Pragmatic Mom’s website, here are a few ways that you can join in the celebration:
- Have children bring in their favorite multicultural book to school on this day and share it with the class.
- Have a special Multicultural Children’s Book Day book read aloud time.
- Create a Multicultural Children’s Book Day display around the classroom or library.
- Read Around the Continents and Countries. Great resources list at JumpIntoaBook.com and PragmaticMom.com
- Visit The Multicultural Children’s Book Day page at Jump Into a Book.
- Visit our Multicultural Books for Kids Pinterest Board for more reading ideas.
- Do a craft or activity presented on Jump Into a Book or Pragmatic Mom which relates to the many cultures in our world.
Gathering Books 
Thanks for sharing about these, Myra-I’ve noted them & will share too! Will share on Facebook-I’ll look now to see if you’ve posted there!
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Thanks Linda for reposting! 🙂 Let’s spread the booklove! 🙂
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Great suggestions. Am excited about International Book Giving Day! Thanks for sharing this Myra.
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Hi Patricia, thank you for visiting! Yes, it is indeed exciting. 🙂
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I think I’ll leave books around, like you did. 🙂
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Sounds perfect Erik!
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I love the idea of leaving a book in some random place someone could stumble upon it, like finding “treasure” 🙂 (Which, of course, a book is!)
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Donna, that is so true. Looking forward to hearing your Valentine adventures this year with books!
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Thanks for filing me in about that. It’s always hard to give up books; I always seem to regret it afterwards! I guess I’ll have to toughen up and do it in a couple of weeks, though 🙂
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Hi Daniel! Sounds like a great plan! Let me know how it goes.
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