We're a group of friends who have organized a secure way to send books to refugee children @ the US/Mexico border, offering hope to them & to those they love.
Joined August 2019
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24 Oct 2019
FINAL WEEK! The @BorderKidsBooks book drive ends Oct, 31, 2019. Please act now to send #kidlit to refugee children on the US/Mexico border, offering hope and comfort. #education booksforborderkids.org
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24 Oct 2019
ACT NOW! @BorderKidsBooks puts #kidlit in the hands of refugee children with the aim to inspire hope and offer comfort to those now on the US border w/ Mexico.
The book drive ends October 31, 2019. For more information about how you can help, click here: buff.ly/32KZQBL
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19 Oct 2019
Thanks to Roseville Area School District (@ISD_623)
for spreading the word about BBK to 9000 households. booksforborderkids.org
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18 Oct 2019
Our thanks to #poet and #MNBookAward finalist James Lenfestey for supporting BBK. He writes, "All kids grow and glow with reading. Kids trapped in the border battle need it more, to keep their imaginations alive in this dark passage." coyotepoet.com/
17 Oct 2019
Take a pause from all the dispiriting news in the world with this charming video from Friends of the Hennepin County Library (@hclfriends) about the importance of #reading for children. 📚🥰 vimeo.com/365100727/b0bed4e3…
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15 Oct 2019
Thanks to Winding Oak for including us in this month's @NewsBookology. We are huge fans of your beautiful #kidlit site and newsletter. bookologymagazine.com/
9 Oct 2019
Thanks to #MN #PoetLaureate Joyce Sutphen who wrote: "As the poet #EmilyDickinson said, 'There is no frigate like a #book' to carry us to imaginary worlds and to help us understand the real one." Please contribute to BooksforBorderKids.org
8 Oct 2019
Thanks, #Robbinsdale students from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Honduras, Colombia, Ecuador, China, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Cambodia, Togo, Egypt, Somalia, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Brazil, Yemen, Afghanistan for your donations! <3
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3 Oct 2019
A woman from Togo in an ESL class offered four $1 bills for Books for Border Kids.
“I just have to be a part of this,” she told her teacher.
BooksforBorderKids.org
1 Oct 2019
Some big news: Our friends @wildrumpusbooks shipped *500 books* today to refugee kids at the US/Mexico border. THANK YOU to all who supporting BooksforBorderKids.org! We are one month in, and one month to go! #readingchangeslives #childrensbooks #bilingual #Spanish #Portuguese
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30 Sep 2019
Thanks for the shout-out, @KerriMPR! #gratitude
30 Sep 2019
Books can be a lifeline for kids who are traumatized. Help send books to the kids who are waiting at the southern border. booksforborderkids.org/
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25 Sep 2019
Thanks to Great Harvest Bread Company in #StPaul for the lovely write-up in your newsletter! <3 StPaulBread.com #buylocal #TwinCities stpaulbread.com/attachments/…
24 Sep 2019
Thanks to the PTO at Eagle Heights #SpanishImmersion for the mention! We love hearing that elementary students are getting involved! <3 facebook.com/554022314612935…
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23 Sep 2019
Thanks for the wonderful write-up, @LoneStarLit! <3 <3 <3 lonestarliterary.com/content… #books for #refugee #children
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22 Sep 2019
"The children can’t speak about their fears, they can’t share these fears with others. After the stories, they start to share their fears." -- Rasha Al-Masry @welovereading nytimes.com/2019/04/17/opini… #refugeechildren #booksheal #powerofstory
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21 Sep 2019
This is exciting! The first boxes of books have arrived in Las Cruces to be distributed by our partner Denise Chávez and Libros Para El Viaje. She posted these photos. Thanks to all who have donated! facebook.com/permalink.php?s…
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20 Sep 2019
Here's another wonderful initiative to deliver #bookstokids living as #refugees via @REFORMANational, @ULUNYC, and @FirstBook. slj.com/?detailStory=first-b… #readingchangeslives
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17 Sep 2019
The point is not to pay back #kindness but to pass it on. -- Julia Alvarez, poet. #payitforward #teamhuman
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14 Sep 2019
Some #feels for your weekend: This amazing 9-year-old transformed her impoverished neighborhood in Bhopal by starting a children's #library. #startsmall #readingchangeslives #libraries #books #childrensbooks #future youtube.com/watch?v=JEwowu6K…
