This weekend, Sept. 29th and 30th, First Book Oahu is having a Book Fair Fundraiser at Barnes & Noble! Make any purchase, EVEN at the coffee shop, at any B&N or online using the code 10886000, and help First Book Oahu raise money to provide new books to needy children and organizations in the local community.
Hawaii Reads will be there at B&N Kahala from 10:00am – 4:00pm live blogging keiki book reviews from the store. Send us a tweet or leave us a comment with your book recommendation and maybe we’ll feature it as one of our 6 keiki books in 6 hours Blog-a-thon to support First Book Oahu!
There will be bookmarks and coloring pages for the kids, plus a special story time with Feng Feng Hutchins author of “Plenty Saimin” at 11:00 am. Later, at 1:00pm a reading and book signing for the latest Kalaupapa memoir My Name is Makia.
Even if you can’t come to the store, you can still support First Book by purchasing online. Visit BN.com/bookfairs from September 29, 2012 until October 5, 2012 and enter our Bookfair ID 10886000 at checkout. By doing so you will be helping give the power of literacy to local keiki who otherwise couldn’t afford their own books. Mahalo!
**Don’t forget, leave a comment with your favorite keiki book suggestion and enter to win a cute reading tote bag filled with local books! Your recommendation might be part of our 6 books in 6 hours Blog-a-thon!
(see giveaway guidelines)
aloha hawaii book blog! what a fun event for such an amazing cause…my fave keiki book is Geckos Surf, Illustrated by Jon J. Murakami (who doesn’t love Jon’s illustrations? ). it is special to me because it was the first book my hubby and i gave our nephew. he loved “reading” it when he was 1, then read it to himself (from memory, having had it read to him so many times) when he was 2! mahalo plenty for your heart work in the local literary community!
We love all of Jon J. Murakami’s books! He’s such a fun and talented illustrator. Thanks again for the comments and hope to hear more from you!
Oooh, so many children’s books! Am I understanding that the focus is on local books? I am a docent at the Bishop Museum in the Tradition & Tradition exhibit on the second floor of Castle Building. Our exhibit is commonly known as the immigrant exhibit. We have a keiki play area as part of the exhibit with a bookshelf chocked full of local books. So many great ones! A manga for older ones…and a serious subject matter is Hamakua Hero. But we have tons of fun ones. I even love the alphabet and word books for all of the different cultures of origin. Wishes for a successful event!
That’s awesome Lori! Would love to mention it in a separate post some time. I’ll email or PM you soon 🙂
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