Cookie Thief and Elephant Blue among suggested books to give through Kabuki Helps and Toys for Tots<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Kabuki Helps has joined with the United States Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program to promote the gift of reading for children in need. Frances Gilbert’s books can be purchased on the Kabuki Helps website for shopping to the Toys for Tots program. \u00a0Just go to\u00a0www.kabukihelps.com<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0and use code Toy$TotsB\u00a0to receive a 10 percent discount on purchases.<\/p>\n Kabuki Helps is\u00a0a community of parents and teachers committed to making learning fun, has joined the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve\u2019s\u00a0Toys for Tots Literacy Program<\/b>\u00a0to help put books in the hands of children most in need.<\/p>\n \u201cThe gift of a book this holiday season can make a huge difference for a child\u2019s future,\u201d said Lisa Hayes, founder of Kabuki Helps. \u201cLiteracy opens doors and can help break the cycle of poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n To encourage donations, Kabuki Helps will pay for shipping to Toys for Tots on items purchased through its website for the Literacy Program. Books on the site are appropriate for children in Grades K-5. All are educational, as well as fun, helping children develop basic skills in math and reading. \u00a0Shoppers also can support Toys for Tots when they purchase books as gifts for family and friends.\u00a0 Ten percent of every purchase from Kabuki Helps goes to support a charity of the shopper\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n Suggested books for the Literacy Program include:<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Varun\u2019s Quest, an engaging adventure for children in grades 3-4 that teaches them to think like scientists as they solve a mystery about the plants and animals.<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Cookie Thief,<\/strong> by Frances Gilbert, a clever story about honesty, geared to early readers and pre-readers<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Elephant Blue,<\/strong> a book of children\u2019s poetry that will be appreciated by children through age 10.<\/p>\n Read the whole article:<\/p>\n http:\/\/branford.patch.com\/groups\/announcements\/p\/give-the-gift-of-reading-to-disadvantaged-children-this-holiday<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cookie Thief and Elephant Blue among suggested books to give through Kabuki Helps and Toys for Tots Kabuki Helps has joined with the United States Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program to promote the gift of reading for children in need. Frances Gilbert’s books can be purchased on the Kabuki Helps website for shopping to … Continue reading “Give the gift of reading through Kabuki Helps and Toys for Tots”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/francesgilbert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/francesgilbert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/francesgilbert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francesgilbert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francesgilbert.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/francesgilbert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307,"href":"https:\/\/francesgilbert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions\/307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/francesgilbert.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francesgilbert.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francesgilbert.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}