Have a fantastic winter break everyone! See you in January!
— NAR
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Out of Print Clothing is a company that celebrates literature through fashion in a way that fantastically blends two forms of creative expression into one reasonably priced package.
Not only are the clothes attractive and affordable, but Out of Print Clothing Co. has also partnered with Books for Africa. For every shirt they sell, one book is donated to a community in need.
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Books for Africa is a simple organization that aims to end the “book famine” in Africa. By donating just 50 cents, you can send a book to a child in Africa!
From booksforafrica.org:
The mission of Books For Africa is to end the book famine in Africa. With your help, we will help create a culture of literacy and provide the tools of empowerment to the next generation of parents, teachers, and leaders in Africa.
Books donated by publishers, schools, libraries, individuals, and organizations are sorted and packed by volunteers who carefully choose books that are age and subject appropriate. We send good books, enough books for a whole class to use.
They are shipped in sea containers paid for by contributions from people like you. It costs about 50 cents to send a book from the United States to Africa. Since 1988, Books For Africa has shipped more than 22 million books to 45 African countries. They are on once-empty library shelves, in classrooms in rural schools, and in the hands of children who have never before held a book. Each book will be read over and over again. When the books arrive, they go to those who need them most: children who are hungry to read, hungry to learn, hungry to explore the world in ways that only books make possible.
To learn more and donate, click here.
Julia Feld of Hoky Stokes! creates pieces of art by carving out the inside of books and layering it’s contents to create something wholly new and different.
“Butterfly Specimen Book – Selected tables in mathematical statistics”
“Vintage Dictionary Book Carving”
Who knew old encyclopedias and dictionaries could be art?
Images found here.