Raising Readers in Maine
Celebrating 10 Years and 1.3 Million BooksOctober 2010
Amy MacDonald Talks with Kids
Amy MacDonald & Friends


Too Much Fun at the Maine Discovery Museum Book Celebration

Nearly 300 kids and their families joined picture book creators Amy MacDonald, Scott Nash and Lynn Plourde at the Maine Discovery Museum in Bangor on September 24th to celebrate the books in our latest anthology.




It's not too late! Join us in Portland
Kids still have time to meet MacDonald, Nash and Plourde at a second event on November 5th at the  Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine
in Portland. 
Lynn Plourde Reads Dino Pets
Lynn Plourde Reads Dino Pets
Scott Nash Signs Book for Little Girl
Scott Nash & Young Fan



Read alouds.
Book Signings. 
Fun activities.
Don't miss the fun!

FMI on these
Read With ME: Books for Kindergartners
Karen Baldacci Reads Circus Ship
Click photo to watch First Lady Karen Baldacci Read The Circus Ship

Raising Readers receives support from a variety of organizations across the state, so we return the favor whenever we can. In August, our staff joined volunteers from across the state to pack the book bags distributed through Read With ME.  Through this program every kindergartner in the state receives a book bag which includes a selected book as well as literacy information and activities sheet.  The bags are distributed each fall to schools across Maine. 




This year, kindergartners received The Circus Ship, which was written and illustrated by Chris Van Dusen, a resident of Camden. Children who received the anthology, Raising Readers: 5 Stories from Maine may be familiar with Van Dusen's If I Built a Car which was included in the collection.
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Raising Readers is funded by the Libra Foundation and is
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