Disney Junior’s
Give a Book, Get a Book Program Is Amazing
Disney Social Media Moms
Disney Social Media Moms
After spending twenty years as an inner city teacher and being a mom of three, I have learned one thing about children, they love to read! They also love to be read to at any age and they love to have their own book. We can probably all remember a special book we loved as a child, a special book that our mom or dad or teacher or grandma read to us. For me it was Cinderella. I could listen to the story over and over and over. I’m so sure my mom had the book memorized from reading it to me so many times. I remember the day she bought me the book. I wanted that book so badly. I could not believe she actually bought it and it was MINE, all mine. I believe it’s because of that book and my mom reading it to me that I have always loved reading and reading to others and still sitting down with a good book, a page turner. It’s because of that one simple book that my children love reading, that my students loved reading. All it took was ONE book, one little book. It brings tears to my eyes now to think of how much I love reading and how important reading is to a child.
Recently during the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration I was beyond thrilled to be introduced to the Disney Junior’s Give a Book, Get a Book. Bravo, Disney! You know the importance of reading! Disney and First Book will provide for the donation of up to one million books to U.S. communities in need and will present families with free digital books from Disney Publishing Worldwide. Disney Junior’sGive a Book, Get a Book. Storytelling is the foundation of the initiative designed to inspire parents and caregivers to spend time each day sharing stories that help develop the critical thinking, vocabulary and language skills a preschooler needs. The program includes a redemption code offering a free Disney Digital book and a way for families to experience giving back by donating books to the community of their choice. Disney Junior’s Give a Book, Get a Book, also includes public service announcements, free storytime events at Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Disney Store locations, and interactive Radio Disney events.
Honestly, I never thought I would be in the same room as LeVar Burton, a lifelong children’s literacy advocate Cofounder and Curator-in-Chief of the award-winning Reading Rainbow app. His words were like music as he spoke about the importance of building literacy and of storytelling in the digital age. We also had the pure pleasure of being treated to a celebrity reading by Disney Junior stars Ariel Winter and Tim Gunn (of “Sofia the First”) and David Arquette (of “Jake and the Never Land Pirates”).
Our family was thrilled to meet up with Genevieve Goings (of Disney Junior’s “Choo Choo Soul”), who hosts the Give a Book, Get a Book public service announcements on Disney Channel. She emceed the event and had all the moms singing along with her to All aboard the Choo Choo Train! Okay, I admit it, we loved it! She is amazing and the perfect spokesperson for the program. If you frequent the Disney Store or watch Disney Junior, you will definitely see her explaining the new Give a Book, Get a Book!
You can now take advantage of an all-new website, GiveaBookGetaBook.com, featuring tools and resources for parents and caregivers that promote the value of storytelling and offer interactive activities. Now at Disney Store locations and later this summer at other nationwide retailers, there are two ways to Give a Book, Get a Book. For a limited time, with the purchase of any specially-marked Disney Junior book or product, receipts or packaging will include a redemption code allowing kids and families to direct the donation of a book to First Book in the region of their choice and to access a free Disney Digital Book to share as a family. Additionally, Give a Book, Get a Book bookmarks with redemption codes will be distributed to visitors at participating public libraries and Radio Disney events throughout the summer. With the help of families across the United States, Disney and First Book will donate up to one million books through this program.
Disclosure: No compensation was given for this post. I was an attendee at Disney Social Media Moms Celebration and given a deeply discounted rate to attend. All opinions are my own and honest. Contact Diane Sullivan at ELGEorgia@aol.com or everywhere else as .@3decades3kids. #DisneySMMoms