Deaf Anthology # 1091: "Books"

Just to let you in a tip, that they are giving away a million books on Saturday night, April 23, 2012, and they need people to help distribute them to encourage us Americans to read. I'm all for it, so I applied on their website, filling out three questionnaires regarding location, targeted audience, and as to why I think it's a worthwhile cause. The participating authors will forgo their normal royalties. When checking out their website, just be sure it's American, as you know, the British are in it, too. I hope the Deaf are not left out in the cold, wouldn't it be great, getting the books into Deaf schools facing budget cuts, creating monthly gathering of the Deaf discussing the book.
Official website: http://www.us.worldbooknight.org/


I intend to give the books to all the Deaf and hearing-impaired that comes to our monthly Deaf Coffee Chat.

I intend to give away books at a Deaf Coffee Chat, a monthly social event that Deaf from all over central Florida area meet at a local Starbucks here in Orlando. It's perfect because we Deaf always have our gathering on a Saturday night.

I believe in diversity, that the Deaf be included in the annual World Book night, and encourage the Deaf to read various books, which may also improve their English skills as American Sign Language (ASL) is our primary language. I hope that the monthly Deaf Coffee Chat will become a place where we have an opportunity to discuss the book, and share our opinions. Most of the Deaf lives on SSI and unable to afford the books, so I think it's a great project. Thank you for letting us Deaf participate in this worthwhile cause.

Closing remarks, if you participate, be sure it's distributed to the general Deaf population, a high school dormitory supervisor commitment to distribute them to the seniors is more likely to be approved than a than a school librarian. The books are not intended to be on shelves in a school library, rather be in the hands of the Deaf to take them home.