Raising Readers Book Celebration

Raising Readers Book Celebration
Friday, November 6th, 2009
5:00 – 7:00 PM

Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine
142 Free Street, Portland, Maine
Free Admission
Open to All Families

Join Raising Readers for an evening celebrating all the great books given to Maine kids at doctor’s offices, hospitals, and healthcare facilities across the state.

Families are invited to meet some of the authors and illustrators whose books have been a part of the Raising Reader program.

Join picture book creator’s David Elliott, Kevin Hawkes, Holly Meade, Scott Nash, and Melissa Sweet for read-alouds, book signings, and fun, book-related activities.

Bring your Raising Reader or other books by these authors and illustrators from home to be autographed. Each one of the guests has a story in Raising Readers: Five Stories for Maine Children, so bring it with you if you have it! Additional books by these creators will be for sale.

Families can also read together in the multicultural Raising Readers Book Nook in the museum, which is sponsored by The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center.

Dr. Belisle Prescribes Books for Feeling Better

Bear is not feeling well and decides to stay home.

"Alone in his cave
as the autumn wind blows,
Bear feels achy
with a stuffed up nose."



His furry friends try to help...but end up with problems of their own. October's Raising Readers Recommends book is Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson and illustrated by Jane Chapman (ISBN 978-0689859854).

A companion book to our four-year-old Raising Readers book Bear Snores On, Bear Feels Sick offers a humorous lesson in hygiene.

Germs Are Not for Sharing by Elizabeth Verdick (ISBN 978-1575421964) is another humorous, yet practical, hygiene-related board book. It engages children with questions such as "When do you wash your hands?" Germs Are Not for Sharing is included in our Readers Recommends Great Books: Great Topics brochure, available through Raising Readers.

Here's to a happy, healthy October!

Lisa Belisle, MD, MPH
Medical Advisor, Raising Readers

From Germs Are Not for Sharing.