Participating Authors || Program Guidelines || Email Us These publishers have donated books and been enormously supportive of this program. Candlewick Press Peachtree Publishers     After many long hard conversations, we have decided to suspend the program. It's a sad decision, as when it's worked, it has been as effective and appreciated as we'd hoped. Funding would solve these problems - but as a volunteer set-up, they are just too overwhelming. We still believe in the program, and will be considering funding options to grow Share-Our-Books out of its problems in the future. Thank you for your interest and we are sorry we are unable to continue the program next year. Best regards, Sara Pennypacker.     Share Our Books was born from a conversation a few of us children's authors had about how much we loved Community Reads. The idea is for an entire elementary school community from the principal and teachers to the bus drivers and nurses and, of course, the students and their families to share the experience of reading the same book at the same time. It's an honor and a joy to have our books chosen to help bond a community this way. What could we do to encourage more of it, we asked each other? The answer was obvious...provide the books.     For the 2012-2013 school year books were provided by Fred Bowen, Kate DiCamillo, Barbara O'Connor, and Jewell Parker Rhodes.     Sincerely,     Sara Pennypacker Participating Authors || Program Guidelines || Email Us

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