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Give a Child a Future
By Cornelia Powell | June 3, 2009
I’m just back from attending the Book Expo America in New York City — the granddaddy book event of them all! — and one thing that was very apparent is that people love books! Here’s the event where publishers present their new and upcoming book titles and show off their authors. There were books of all kinds: books with messages that enlighten us; books that entertain us; books that teach us something new!
There was an entire floor at BEA devoted to childrens’ books. And many of the authors had their children with them for the book signings and presentations. Which brings me to this quick message: Give books to children; read books to children; get them a library card; teach a child to read; etcetera! You don’t have to be a teacher to teach. You don’t have to be a parent to nurture a child. A quote I read by Donald E. Messer in 52 Ways to Create an AIDs-Free World: “A girl without education matures into a woman without a future.”
Give a child a future! Buy them a book. Read to them. Show them this big, beautiful world full of possibility, abundance, and love.
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