My Interview on CBS Radio

Westchester County Woman Headed On Literacy Mission To Kenya

Thank you CBS Radio and WCBS 880 for interviewing me for your show!

Interview by Catherine Cioffi In Westchester County: Pam Allyn is busy packing up books and lessons before her plane to Kenya leaves on Friday.

Listen to my interview on WCBS 880 here.


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New Book: Pam Allyn’s Best Books for Boys

My new book “Pam Allyn’s Best Books for Boys – How to Engage Boys in Reading in Ways that Will Change Their Lives” has just been released. We received our very first copy today, and my colleague David shows it off here… Order your own copy now!

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LitWorld’s Annual Gala is Coming Up

Wednesday, May 11, 2011
The Metropolitan Pavilion
110 West 19th Street
New York, NY 10011

6:30-9pm Cocktails & Hors D’oeuvres

Kindly RSVP by April 29, 2011 at litworld.org/donate

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Watch this quick Sneak Peak Video
featuring the song “Whole Wide World” by Mindy Gledhill

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LitWorld Creates a Global Poem for Change

Starting NOW, Midnight April First, and throughout the WHOLE MONTH OF APRIL, let’s create a Global Poem for Change, starting with this line:

I send my words out into the air, listening for yours from everywhere.
- Naomi Shihab Nye

What words do you send out into the air?

What words do you listen for?

Celebrate Poetry Month and create a Global Poem for Change with LitWorld!

What comes next?

Submit a line of your own at litworld.org/poem and make our Poem GROW.

We need Your Words to Change Worlds.

Share our announcement and help our poem soar around the world…

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World Read Aloud Day in Times Square

Yesterday, on March 9, 2011 World Read Aloud Day was celebrated in more than 50 countries all over the world.

I celebrated the day in New York City with LitWorld staff members and great friends. Among many events happening on this day we had a 24 hours read-a-thon at Times Square, which was covered by Good Morning America.

Here’s a quick peak at our set-up and the big day:

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