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Ocean Springs-Ms.Com
Free
Children's
Book
Fair
Free Book Fair for Children
Affected by
Hurricane Katrina
With Special Thanks to the Overwhelming Generosity of the
"Society
of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators"
 OceanSprings-MS.Com
was able to host a Free Book Fair
for the children
affected by Hurricane Katrina, on Saturday & Sunday Nov. 5th &
6th, during the Peter Anderson Festival.
Having only rained once since Hurricane Katrina, we as
well as the city of Ocean Springs felt confident that our Peter
Anderson Festival would go on without a hitch.
Originally my wife (and partner in OceanSprings-MS) had
set out to hold the free book fair only on Saturday. But
then came the rain, which only managed to dampen the streets and
not our spirits. After all, Saturday's weather was a far
cry from what blew in on August 29th. Due to the rain and
seeing the abundance of books still to give away to the children
of Ocean Springs, my wife and I decided "why not another day"
So we covered the books up with one of those CNN
famous "Mississippi Roofs" (a Blue Tarp) and camped out in our
van overnight, so that we would be all set up and ready to give
away books again on Sunday!
After two
days of trying to convince parent's that the books where donated
by the good people of the Society of Children's Book Writers &
Illustrators in California, and that they were free to everyone,
we
are happy to say that we managed to place a book in the hands of
over 900 children!
Close to 1,000 children showed up and was able to pick out
One New Children's Book
to keep for their own, absolutely free!
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