Read Across America Week, March 3-7 Thursday, March 06 2008 @ 04:51 PM EST

Minnesota BookPALS celebrated Read Across America with their classes throughout the Twin Cities. In addition to reading Dr. Seuss favorites such as The Cat in the Hat, there were some special events this week: Tom Sherohman took two classes from Oh Day Aki to see a production of The House at Pooh Cornerat Stages Theatre Co. in Hopkins. This stage adaptation of the classic book by A.A. Milne was a wonderful combination of theatre and literature for the children.

BookPALS volunteer Mary Kay Bodeen read to 2nd-grade classes at Braham Elementary and also paid a visit to her daughter's 2nd-grade class, taught by Mrs. Klinkner at South Elementary in Princeton.


Minnesota Coordinator Delta Giordano read to four different classes during the week, including Mrs. Schulz's 1st-graders at Falcon Heights Elementary.

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BookPALS are Bi-coastal Friday, February 15 2008 @ 05:03 PM EST

Our own Keith Day of Los Angeles went home for the holidays, and made school visits, while in New York.

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Atlanta BookPAL "Adora" Honored As BookPAL of the Month for February 2008! Sunday, February 03 2008 @ 02:19 PM EST

Congratulations to Adora, for being honored as Atlanta BookPAL of the Month for February 2008!



Adora Reads to Students at Hightower Elementary School in Doraville, Georgia

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New Volunteers Workshop Thursday, January 31 2008 @ 02:47 PM EST

We'll be holding a mid-winter BookPALS workshop on Sunday, February 3, from 2:00-3:30pm. We'll be meeting at the Rondo Community Outreach Library in St. Paul, 461 N. Dale St. at the corner of University Ave. Please RSVP to minnesota@bookpals.net or 612-817-3550.

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BookPALS Training Workshop Much fun, Much Learning Wednesday, January 30 2008 @ 08:17 PM EST

On Saturday, January 28, 2008, BookPALS held its annual training workshop at Gardner's Book Service in Phoenix. Attendees were treated to three fabulous workshops given by our talented BookPALS. Sue Cohen, gave a workshop on "Choosing Books to Ignite the Imagination". Gene Ganssle entertained us with his presentation, "Giving Books a Voice", teaching us to use different voices for different characters. Rosie Witcher involved everyone in her re-enactment of the Enormous Turnip Folktale by "Augmenting a Story with Music, a technique for telling/reading stories".

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