The Carlsbad Educational Foundation (CEF) is working to get books into the hands of children through the Reading is Magic program. Volunteers read to kindergarten and first grade students in the Carlsbad Unified School District, discuss the story, and then present them with a copy of the book to keep and to share at home. Instilling the pride of book ownership and reinforcing the importance of reading to our children is a priority for CEF...and the kids love it, too!
A little boy told his teacher he slept with his book every night. When the teacher inquired why, the student replied, "Because it’s the only book I have.”
After being read to in a kindergarten class, a little boy who waits in the office every day for his mother to pick him up was seen taking the If You Give A Pig A Pancake book out of his backpack. He gave it a kiss, then opened it up to read!
First Grade: The Night Before Summer Camp by Natasha Wing
Kindergarten: What Moms Can't Do by Douglas Wood
First Grade: Wake Me in Spring by James Preller
Kindergarten: Smiley Shark by Ruth Galloway
First Grade: If You Take A Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff
Kindergarten: Dolphins Big Leap by Kimberly Weinberger
First Grade: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Kindergarten: Whoever You Are by Mem Fox and Leslie Staub
First Grade: If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond
Kindergarten: Arthur's Underwear by Marc Brown