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		Balgair on July 26, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “Learning to Read” excerpt from The Autobiography ... "You couldn’t have gotten me out of books with a wedge...my reading of books, months passed without my even thinking about being imprisoned. In fact, up to then, I never had been so truly free in my life." I'll pair that quote with this, please consider giving yourself: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/readingrainbow/bring-re...

givehimagun on July 26, 2014 [–]

Looks like there are some better recommendations for book-related charities: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/05/...

Charities rated highly on Charity Navigator: http://www.firstbook.org/ http://www.cliontheweb.org/

dwolfson20 on July 26, 2014 | | [–]

Consider reading the comments on that article. A lot of good points are made about why Reading Rainbow is worthwhile.

Balgair on July 26, 2014 | | [–]

Thank you for the links!

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