Raising Readers News
Celebrating 10 years and 1.3 Million BooksApril 2010
Help Name our Latest Anthology
 
Raising Readers produces an anthology each year of five books by Maine authors and illustrators for five-year-olds in the program. We are currently working on the 6th book created exclusively for Raising Readers. This anthology will be our third with Boston publisher, Candlewick Press. As you see from the list of titles below, we try and create a title that labels the book a unique treasure (or treasury) for Maine kids. Will you help us name the new anthology? If we choose your title we will send you the very first copy of the anthology when it arrives in our hands next year.
 
Previous Anthology Titles:Covers of 5 Year Anthologies
 
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Prescription: A Poem a Day 
 
Here's a Little Poem CoverLooking for an alternative to picture books for young children? Try a poem! Poetry is a great way to expose kids to the rhythms and sounds of language. Find kid-friendly books of poems in our
searchable book database.
 
April is National Poetry Month - celebrate by reading a poem a day with your kids.
Curious about Raising Readers?in  gCovers of 5 Year Anthologies
By sharing books form birth, we create a love of books and reading and help preparet children to succeed in school, and in life. Children in Maine receive this gift every day thanks to the healthcare providers who give htem books and the parents who read to them. Learn about the collaborations and partnerships that make the program possible by  watching our 10th Anniversary Video Trailer.    
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