BooksForBorderKids

We're a group of friends who have organized a secure way to send books to refugee children @ the US/Mexico border, offering hope to them & to those they love.

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

FINAL WEEK! The @BorderKidsBooks book drive ends Oct, 31, 2019. Please act now to send #kidlit to refugee children on the US/Mexico border, offering hope and comfort. #education https://t.co/rerx3gaESg

[KidLit TV @KidLitTV_NYC]

ACT NOW! @BorderKidsBooks puts #kidlit in the hands of refugee children with the aim to inspire hope and offer comfort to those now on the US border w/ Mexico.

The book drive ends October 31, 2019. For more information about how you can help, click here: https://t.co/Q9MFNciQ97

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

Thanks to Roseville Area School District (@ISD_623)
for spreading the word about BBK to 9000 households. https://t.co/rerx3gaESg

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

Our thanks to #poet and #MNBookAward finalist James Lenfestey for supporting BBK. He writes, "All kids grow and glow with reading. Kids trapped in the border battle need it more, to keep their imaginations alive in this dark passage." https://t.co/bXwBTx42iW

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

Take a pause from all the dispiriting news in the world with this charming video from Friends of the Hennepin County Library (@hclfriends) about the importance of #reading for children. 📚🥰 https://t.co/houoL72QRV

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

Thanks to Winding Oak for including us in this month's @NewsBookology. We are huge fans of your beautiful #kidlit site and newsletter. https://t.co/898Vpgtzvn

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

Thanks to @LWVMinneapolis for your support!!

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

Thanks to #MN #PoetLaureate Joyce Sutphen who wrote: "As the poet #EmilyDickinson said, 'There is no frigate like a #book' to carry us to imaginary worlds and to help us understand the real one." Please contribute to https://t.co/1FIYnFoa75

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

Thanks, #Robbinsdale students from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Honduras, Colombia, Ecuador, China, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Cambodia, Togo, Egypt, Somalia, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Brazil, Yemen, Afghanistan for your donations! <3

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

@NewsBookology Much gratitude to you for including us in your beautiful newsletter! 📚

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

A woman from Togo in an ESL class offered four $1 bills for Books for Border Kids.

“I just have to be a part of this,” she told her teacher.

https://t.co/DAKiHJhEF6

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

Some big news: Our friends @wildrumpusbooks shipped *500 books* today to refugee kids at the US/Mexico border. THANK YOU to all who supporting https://t.co/DAKiHJhEF6! We are one month in, and one month to go! #readingchangeslives #childrensbooks #bilingual #Spanish #Portuguese

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

Thanks for the shout-out, @KerriMPR! #gratitude

[Kerri Miller @KerriMPR]

Books can be a lifeline for kids who are traumatized. Help send books to the kids who are waiting at the southern border. https://t.co/pGpfVzptA9

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

Thanks to Great Harvest Bread Company in #StPaul for the lovely write-up in your newsletter! <3 https://t.co/3JzJ6wxsxJ #buylocal #TwinCities https://t.co/zufxbYosnm

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

Thanks to the PTO at Eagle Heights #SpanishImmersion for the mention! We love hearing that elementary students are getting involved! <3 https://t.co/o8v1BaROkw

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

Thanks for the wonderful write-up, @LoneStarLit! <3 <3 <3 https://t.co/tkiAtHTo1D #books for #refugee #children

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"The children can’t speak about their fears, they can’t share these fears with others. After the stories, they start to share their fears." -- Rasha Al-Masry @welovereading https://t.co/4lJWM9VU7t #refugeechildren #booksheal #powerofstory

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

This is exciting! The first boxes of books have arrived in Las Cruces to be distributed by our partner Denise Chávez and Libros Para El Viaje. She posted these photos. Thanks to all who have donated! https://t.co/xi1RPTYcSw

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

Here's another wonderful initiative to deliver #bookstokids living as #refugees via @REFORMANational, @ULUNYC, and @FirstBook. https://t.co/j5ApwkqMjr #readingchangeslives

[BooksForBorderKids @BorderKidsBooks]

The point is not to pay back #kindness but to pass it on. -- Julia Alvarez, poet. #payitforward #teamhuman