Eve’s Fund For Native America Health Initiatives to Host Children’s Books Authors

by Native News Network Staff in Native Currents. Discussion »


SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO - The Eve’s Fund for Native America Health Initiatives, in partnership with the Health Promotions Department of the Four Corners Regional Health Center in Red Mesa, Arizona, will host mega selling and beloved children’s authors Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce, who will participate in an event celebrating the re-opening of the Mesa Elementary School library.

The library was destroyed in a fire on September 12, 2010.

The scheduled events are:

  • At 10 am Local Mountain time, Osborne and Boyce will talk with Mesa Elementary students via teleconference, sharing the latest Magic Tree House adventures, answering students’ questions and encouraging the children to keep reading. The authors will also announce the donation of a Magic Tree House Teaching Bookshelf, which will add more than 500 copies of the popular books to the Mesa Elementary collection.
  • At 4 pm that day, Osborne and Pope will participate in a teleconference with Mesa Elementary School teachers and parents to discuss the importance of reading. They will also offer ideas on how parents can help their children develop a passion for books.

Magic Tree House adventuresDonation of Over 500 Books

“The loss of the school’s library books brought tears to the children’s eyes,”

said Dr. Robert M. Crowell, founder and president of Eve’s Fund.

“We hope our support and a ‘visit’ from the Magic Tree House authors will bring back some smiles and laughter.”

Since 2008, the joint literacy efforts of Eve’s Fund and the Magic Tree House team - including publisher Random House - have had a positive impact on thousands of students in the Four Corners area. Crowell reached out to literacy partners Osborne and Boyce after learning of the Mesa Elementary library fire.

For more information about the re-opening celebration on April 20, contact Echohawk Lefthand, School Health Promotions Coordinator at: 928-656-5305 or 480-370-8688.

For more information about Eve’s Fund for Native American Health Initiatives, go to Eve Crowell’s Fund »


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