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World Book Night April 2013 - Application to be a Giver open!
World Book Night 2013 application is opened to those who want to participate and give out FREE books to random strangers on April 23. I did it last year and it was pretty fun and rewarding. 
FB page: https://www.facebook.com/worldboo...ref=stream
Here's the link to the list of books: http://www.us.worldbooknight.org/books/2013
Here are the guidelines to be a giver: http://www.us.worldbooknight.org/...guidelines
Application is processed until January 25 2013, so there's still plenty of time to register.
For those who aren't familiar with WBN, it's a world wide event to promote reading, especially for adults. Each giver receives 20 copies of his/her chosen book and can hand them out at which ever venue they choose.
Books available:
The Handmaids Tale - Margaret Atwood
City of Thieves - David Benidff
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
My Antonia - Willa Cather
Girl With the Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier
The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros (In English and Spanish)
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho (English and Spanish)
The Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Worst Hard Time - Timothy Egan
Bossypants - Tina Fey
Still Alice - Elisa Genova
Looking for Alaska - John Green
Playing for Pizza - John Grisham
Mudbound - Hillary Jordan
The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
Moneyball - Michael Lewis
The Tender Bar - J. R. Moehringer
Devil In A Blue Dress - Walter Mosley
Middle Shool: The Worst Years of My Life - James Patterson
Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
Population: 485 - Michael Perry
Montana Sky - Nora Roberts
Look Again - Lisa Scottoline
Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
Glaciers - Alexis M. Smith
A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain
Salvage the Bones - Jesmyn Ward
Favorite American Poems in large print
FB page: https://www.facebook.com/worldboo...ref=stream
Here's the link to the list of books: http://www.us.worldbooknight.org/books/2013
Here are the guidelines to be a giver: http://www.us.worldbooknight.org/...guidelines
Application is processed until January 25 2013, so there's still plenty of time to register.
For those who aren't familiar with WBN, it's a world wide event to promote reading, especially for adults. Each giver receives 20 copies of his/her chosen book and can hand them out at which ever venue they choose.
Books available:
The Handmaids Tale - Margaret Atwood
City of Thieves - David Benidff
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
My Antonia - Willa Cather
Girl With the Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier
The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros (In English and Spanish)
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho (English and Spanish)
The Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Worst Hard Time - Timothy Egan
Bossypants - Tina Fey
Still Alice - Elisa Genova
Looking for Alaska - John Green
Playing for Pizza - John Grisham
Mudbound - Hillary Jordan
The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
Moneyball - Michael Lewis
The Tender Bar - J. R. Moehringer
Devil In A Blue Dress - Walter Mosley
Middle Shool: The Worst Years of My Life - James Patterson
Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
Population: 485 - Michael Perry
Montana Sky - Nora Roberts
Look Again - Lisa Scottoline
Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
Glaciers - Alexis M. Smith
A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain
Salvage the Bones - Jesmyn Ward
Favorite American Poems in large print
Last edited by cloudsrealm; 01-11-2013 at 02:11 PM..
