{"id":19464,"date":"2013-11-19T08:02:36","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T13:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=19464"},"modified":"2013-11-17T10:40:48","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T15:40:48","slug":"literacy-lovers-sought-for-annual-program-to-promote-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=19464","title":{"rendered":"Literacy-lovers sought for annual reading program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">25,000 selected volunteers will distribute free books April 23<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Image-22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19465\" alt=\"Image 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Image-22.jpg\" width=\"201\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Image-22.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Image-22-113x100.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>Have you even wanted to serve as a literary philanthropist but lacked the funds? The Chester County Library and District Center may have the opportunity to accommodate your wish.<\/p>\n<p>The library has once again been selected as a distribution site for World Book Night (WBN), an effort to spread literacy, which will take place on April 23. To achieve its goal, WBN will send 20 copies of a particular book, free of charge, to &#8220;book givers&#8221; to hand out in their community on April 23, a library news release said.<\/p>\n<p>A half million free paperbacks will be handed out across America all on that day by enlisting 25,000 volunteer book-lovers to promote reading by giving specially printed books to light or non-readers and to those without the means or access to them, the release said.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u00a0An independent panel of booksellers and librarians chose the 35 World Book Night U.S. titles for 2014, with input from last year\u2019s givers.\u00a0 They range from <i>The Zookeeper\u2019s Wife <\/i>by Diane Ackerman to <i>Waiting to Exhale<\/i> by Terry McMillan to <i>The Perks of Being a Wallflower<\/i> by Stephen Chbosky. Thousands of copies of each World Book Night title will be printed as special, not-for-resale paperbacks, the release said.<\/p>\n<p>To review the 2014 selected books and to apply to be a book giver, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.us.worldbooknight.org\/\">www.us.worldbooknight.org<\/a>. Applications are open until Jan. 5. Applicants must state where and to whom they intend to give out their 20 WBN special paperbacks.<\/p>\n<p>As a distribution site, The Chester County Library will be delivered the book giver boxes to be picked up during a special book giver reception sometime before April 23, the release said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25,000 selected volunteers will distribute free books April 23 Have you even wanted to serve as a literary philanthropist but lacked the funds? The Chester County Library and District Center may have the opportunity to accommodate your wish. 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