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Check out this awesome project to get #BooksToKids! First Book Canada, with Rakuten Kobo and Penguin Random House Canada are partnering to get #BookstoKids!

Disclosure: I am part of the PTPA Brand Ambassador Program with Kobo, and I received Compensation as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own. 

In my 20 years as an early childhood educator, I heard many theories about how to help children reach their fullest potential. Regardless of the philosophy, the common consensus is that reading is critical to children’s academic success.

With this knowledge, I went into parenthood with a certainty that reading and literacy would be prevalent in our home.

I began reading to my children even in utero. I read them books as babies, toddlers, and preschoolers… they have grown up surrounded by books and vivid storytimes.

Check out this awesome project to get #BooksToKids! First Book Canada, with Rakuten Kobo and Penguin Random House Canada are partnering to get #BookstoKids!

I always look for opportunities to make reading fun and engaging for my children. I plan activities around the books that I read, I scour bookstores for quality books to add to my children’s collection, and we regularly go to our library. Regardless of what our days are like, I always make time to read at least one story to my girls.

I know that books and reading are essential to my children’s academic success.

In October, First Book Canada, in conjunction with Rakuten Kobo and Penguin Random House Canada, announced “The Awesome Project”, which is a literacy initiative that provides elementary school-aged children with their first book. This program also provides educational resources to help foster the love of reading.

Throughout the month, of October, New York Times bestselling author of the Awesome series, Neil Pasricha, visited with students from schools across Southern Ontario to read from Awesome is Everywhere, his latest book aimed at children. Each school received copies of Awesome is Everywhere, in addition to 1,500 brand new books and a $1,000 grant to purchase books and Kobo eReaders through the First Book Canada Marketplace.

Check out this awesome project to get #BooksToKids! First Book Canada, with Rakuten Kobo and Penguin Random House Canada are partnering to get #BookstoKids!

What an AWESOME initiative!

I love hearing about projects like this, and I love when we can take part in these initiatives as well!

How can you help get #BooksTo Kids?

Buy your first book with Kobo before November 30th and Kobo will donate $5 to First Book Canada! These funds will help children in need get access to new books, one of the most important factors affecting literacy.

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But that’s not all: Kobo has something for YOU, too! When you create a free Kobo account, you also get a $5 credit! Now that’s what I call a WIN-WIN!

**NOTE: Only new Kobo customers that sign up through the kobo.com/awesome landing page and purchase a book before November 30, 2015, will be eligible for this offer.**

Awesome IS everywhere! I encourage you to purchase your first Kobo book. Your participation will affect children in a big way!

SIGN UP TODAY!

Check out this awesome project to get #BooksToKids! First Book Canada, with Rakuten Kobo and Penguin Random House Canada are partnering to get #BookstoKids!

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Jennifer Bly
Author of My Kitchen, My Classroom: An Introduction to Homeschool and creator of The Deliberate Mom. Jennifer writes about parenting, homeschooling, her faith, and life with her husband and two girls. Jennifer has a Bachelor of Applied Human Service Administration Degree with a specialization in Early Learning in Child Care.



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