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12/16/2012

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04/05/2012

Join us today for a lunch talked titled An Insider's Look at the Pediatric Subspecialties from 12pm to 1pm at MS 326. Lunch will be provided!

12/07/2011

Reading quote of the day: "So please, oh PLEASE, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install, A lovely bookshelf on the wall." — Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Support REACH OUT AND READ at the Barnes & Noble Clearwater Crossing on Dec 11th from 1-4 pm or online from 12/11 - 12/14 using our Bookfair ID # 10605871 at the checkout! Proceeds will benefit kids at the Wishard Hospital Primary Care Clinic! Find us on Facebook at PedSig IUSM for more details!

12/06/2011

5 days until our kickoff event for REACH OUT AND READ!

"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island." — Walt Disney

12/04/2011

1 week until our Reach Out and Read Kickoff Event at Barnes & Noble Clearwater Crossing!!!

Reading quote of the day: “There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.”

- Jacqueline Kennedy

12/04/2011

To donate Books to Reach Out and Read online from 12/11 to 12/14….

1. Select the book(s) you would like to donate from our wish list:
(see post below for our wish list)
2. Go to BN.com and search for the book(s) of your choice.
3. When you have found the perfect book, click on the “Add to bag” box.
4. When you have finished making your selections, click “Continue Checkout.”
5. For the shipping address, use: Pediatric Primary Care Clinic
1002 Wishard Blvd. 2nd Floor
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(This ensures that books will be shipped directly to the Wishard Primary Care Clinic)
6. Choose your payment method and fill in the information accordingly.
7. Beneath the payment information click on the small box next to the text “Check this box if this is a bookfair order.”
8. This will prompt you to type in the bookfair ID number. This number is 10605871. By typing including this number, a percentage of your purchase will directly benefit Reach Out and Read.

To support Reach Out and Read by purchasing books or other items at Barnes & Noble that are not for donation from 12/11 to 12/14…
Follow steps 7 and 8 as seen above at the checkout.

Thank you for your donations to this worthwhile cause.
“Reading takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.” – Hazel Rochman

11/17/2011

Want to learn more about Reach Out and Read? Visit their website for more information.

Reach Out and Read prepares America's youngest children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books and encourage families to read together.

11/17/2011

Come meet national children's author Rebecca Kai Dotlich on December 11th at 2:30 pm at the Barnes & Noble Clearwater Creek location.

11/17/2011

Reach Out and Read Wish List

The following books have been selected for children at the Wishard Primary Care Clinic. These books will be given to children ages 6 - 12 at well child checks to promote reading. To donate books, please visit us at Barnes and Noble Clearwater Crossing in Indianapolis from 12/11/11 to 12/14/11. More information regarding purchase of books online will follow.

1. The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan, ISBN: 9780439269704, Price: $ 17.99

2. Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking and Other Natural Disasters by Lenore Look, ISBN: 9780375857508, Price: $ 6.99

3. Bink & Gollie by K.DiCamillo and A. McGhee, ISBN: 9780763632663, Price: $ 15.99

4. All The World by Liz Garton Scanlon, ISBN: 9781416985808, Price $ 17.99

5. A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip Stead, ISBN: 9781596434028, Price $ 16.99

6. The Other Half of My Heart by Sundee T. Frazier, ISBN: 9780440240068, Price $ 6.99

7. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park, ISBN: 9780547534268, Price: $6.99

8. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher P. Curtis, ISBN: 9780553494105, Price: $ 6.99

9. Ruby Lu, Brave and True by Lenore Look, ISBN: 9781416913894, Price: $ 5.99

10. The BFG by Roald Dahl, ISBN: 9780142410387, Price: $ 6.99

11. Promises To Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson, ISBN: 9780439425926, Price: $ 17.99

12. What is Science? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich, ISBN: 9780805073942, Price $ 17.95

13. Abuela by Arthur Dorros, ISBN: 9780140562255, Price $7.99

11/13/2011

Join us for a Barnes & Noble Bookfair on December 11, 2011 benefitting Reach Out and Read!

A portion of purchases and books will go to help supply books for the children at the Wishard Primary Care Center.

We will be hosting a fair on Dec. 11 from 1 pm to 4 pm with activities including a reading by Rebecca Kai Dotlich author of What is Science? and Bella & Bean. We will also be hosting bookmark making, face painting, menorah making, and ornament crafts.

Unable to attend the fair but still want to support Reach Out and Read and the children at the Wishard Primary Care Center? Visit BN.com/bookfairs from December 11-14 and enter the bookfair ID 10605871 at checkout to ensure that a portion of your proceeds benefit Reach Out and Read.

Advantages no other bookfair can match