Whitney is reading a modern twist on a classic children’s story as part of a great big awesome nationwide event to raise awareness and BOOKS for kids who otherwise wouldn’t have them. Awesome, right? She tells me that since The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit was written in British English, she’ll be donning an accent for the event. (Updated note from Whitney: NO I WON’T!)
And it is a fun outing for you and your little one.
Let me back up a minute though, have you heard of Milk+Bookies? So cool. Their sweet program organizes events like this for big companies and small birthday parties to reach as many book-needing children as possible. In this case, they’ve teamed up with babyGap to donate a whole big heap of books as well as kick off a commemorative literary line of clothing. To celebrate, friendly bloggers will be reading The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit all around the country. Stop by and bring a book to donate if you live near one of the events.
If you’re in the Bay Area, come see Whitney on January 26 in Corte Madera. 29 other participating locations are listed on their site including two more in the Bay Area. I’m trying to track down specific locations and other blogger participants but I have only found a few: Mommy Niri and Christine Koh are reading in the Boston Area; Anna Sandler is reading in Paramus, NJ; Jessica McFadden is reading in the DC area.
If you tweet, you can find details via the hashtag #babyGapPeterRabbit.
thanks so much for the shout-out! as for me, forget the british accent i’ll be using my jersey one (not really).
have a great time, can’t wait to read all about it!
@Bostonmamas tells me 2 more: @GirlsGoneChild in LA and @joslyntaylor in Dallas.
Yay! Caitlin @weewindycity is reading in Chicago! Have so much fun ladies!
So how did it go today?! Did those Marin Mommies shell out some good donations of books?
The treats looked awesome. This is a great program.
In other news, the rotary club just donated a dictionary for every child in the 3rd grade in San Francisco. My Chloe was over the moon.
@Jen, it was pretty fun. The celebrations were very cute, if you checked out the hashtag on Instagram, you’ll see they were a bit different in each store. On the donation front, it’s possible that my family was one of the only ones that actually filled the Milk and Bookies box.