{"id":600,"date":"2007-10-31T09:25:30","date_gmt":"2007-10-31T09:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2007\/10\/31\/delta-states-born-to-read-program-celebrates-make-a-difference-day\/"},"modified":"2013-09-03T12:55:59","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T12:55:59","slug":"delta-states-born-to-read-program-celebrates-make-a-difference-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2007\/10\/delta-states-born-to-read-program-celebrates-make-a-difference-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta State’s ‘Born to Read’ program celebrates ‘Make a Difference Day’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Frieda Quon, (left) IRC Librarian at Delta State University, and Malcolm Lewis with his seven-month old son Thomas Lewis of Cleveland, and Dr. Sandra Rakes-Pedersen, Professor of Elementary Education at Delta State look over the first ever pop-up book “MOMMY” by award winning children’s author Maurice Sendak’s.  <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The “Born to Read” program at Delta State University’s Roberts-LaForge Library and First Book-Mississippi Delta recently celebrated “Make a Difference Day” (MADD) by hosting a Halloween-themed reading party where copies of the first ever pop-up book “MOMMY” by award winning children’s author Maurice Sendak’s were given to each child in attendance.<\/p>\n

Created by USA WEEKEND Magazine, MADD is the most comprehensive national day of “Neighbors Helping Neighbors.”  <\/font><\/div>\n
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Born to Read, a Delta State program that emphasizes the importance of reading with infants and toddlers, partnered with First Book-Mississippi Delta to present the day’s program.<\/font><\/div>\n
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First Book is an award-winning nonprofit organization with a single mission: to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. <\/font><\/div>\n
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First Book was founded in 1992, and since that time has provided more than 50 million brand new books to children in need in thousands of communities nationwide.<\/font><\/div>\n
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First Book and Scholastic Inc. collaborated to bring MADD to First Book Advisory Board Communities.<\/font><\/div>\n
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For more information on First Book visit their website www.firstbook.org<\/a> or call First Book—Mississippi Delta coordinator, Kay Stricklin at (662) 846-4864. <\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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For more information on Delta State’s “Born to Read” program, please contact Frieda Quon at (662) 846-4347.<\/font><\/div>\n
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