SUPPORT LITERACY at the Area II Meeting 5/3
Bring a book which will be donated to the Valley Opportunity Council’s five child care centers and receive a raffle ticket for each book. Purchase your book at Border’s Bookstore in the Holyoke Mall and receive a 20% discount. Look for the display “Holyoke Valley Opportunity Council” in the Kids Section for book selections. To receive the discount, tell the cashier that you are purchasing the book for ZONTA. Books may also be purchased at our area Waldenbooks. Inform the cashier that you are purchasing for Zonta and receive a 20% discount.
A list of desired titles are listed below. Mark Leonas, Director of the Child Care Program, will collect the books during the meeting. Raffle prize will be donated by Borders Bookstore. Please acknowledge their support.
“Slowly, Slowly, Slowly Saith the
Sloth”, by Eric Carle
“Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” by Eric Carle
“The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, by Eric Carle
“Sylvester and the Magic Pebble”, by William Steig
“Story of Ferdinand”, by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson
“Blueberries for Sal”, by Robert McCloskey
“Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day”, by Judith
Viorst
“Curious George”, by H.A. Rey
“Frog and Toad Together”, by Arnold Lobel
“Ella Sarah Gets Dressed”, by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
“The Day Babies Crawled Away”, by Peggy Rathmann
“Yo!Yes!” by Chris Raschka
“My Car” by Byron Barton
“Outside Over There” by Maurice Sendak
“In the Night Kitchen”, by Maurice Sendak
“Strega Nona”, by Tomie de Paola
"Charlie Needs A Cloak ", by Tomie de Paola
"Travels of Babar", by Maurice de Brunhoff
“ The Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats
“ Stagestruck”, by Tomie De Paola
Valley
Opportunity Council's website is at www.valleyopp.com. We operate
five child care centers in Holyoke and Chicopee, serving 266 children. We
provide a developmentally appropriate curriculum for children aged 12
months-5 years. We emphasize literacy in our classrooms, using the Creative
Curriculum, and participate in accreditation through the National
Association of Education for Young Children (NAEYC).
Please call me if you have further questions. I will await contact from you if your organization decides it wishes to support literacy at our centers by giving us children's books.
Sincerely, Mark Leonas
Preschool Coordinator
Valley Opportunity Council
300 High Street
Holyoke, MA
413/552-1559