*Note* The below blog post is a guest blog from our friend Cheryl Crawford, Co-Founder of Go Grounded Yoga for Kids & Teens. Her blog below is based off of a children’s yoga class that she teaches using the story of “Charlotte’s Web.” This content does not necessarily reflect the views of Better World Books (as our lawyers make sure we say). We love having guest bloggers and invite you to email 11@betterworldbooks.com if you are interested in covering a book or topic on the BWB Blog. Thank you, Cheryl!Charlotte’s Web is a celebration of the quiet virtues. It reminds us to keep a soft tender heart, to accept our true nature and to value the unique gifts of our friends. The two main characters of Charlotte’s Web, Charlotte and Wilbur, highlight the awareness of our own unique inner story.

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*Note* The below blog post is a guest blog from our friend Adam Braun, the Founder of Pencils of Promise. This content does not necessarily reflect the views of Better World Books (as our lawyers make sure we say). We love having guest bloggers and invite you to email 11@betterworldbooks.com if you are interested in covering a book or topic on the BWB Blog. Thank you, Adam! We love what you and your amazing team are doing with Pencils of Promise.

I’ve always had an overwhelming confidence in the power of education: it can empower people to advance their socioeconomic status in life; it can help people to access unrealized potential; it can drive people towards their passions and skills, which would have otherwise been lying dormant, unrealized and withering. With access to an education—spelling, math, and basic literacy—the opportunities available to a person increase exponentially. This is why organizations like Better World Books and Pencils of Promise are tirelessly devoted to solving the ongoing global education crisis, which currently leaves over 75 million children without the chance to learn.

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Journal entries by Carol Devorkin, a Bibliographer for the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectible books at BWB.Every year, Better World Books offers an international trip to some of the employees who have been with the company more than two years. 2011 is the year that my name was drawn! I will join Kreece Fuchs, Reid Platt and Janet Stevens from our Mishawaka warehouse, along with La’Kita Anderson and Catarina Guiterrez from our Atlanta location. Also on the trip will be Erin Sawaya from Worldfund, and two of the students who won this trip by having a successful book drive on their college campus, Chelsea and Jodi.

After weeks of anticipation, the day has finally arrived. June 27th.

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*Note* The below blog post is a guest blog from our Twitter friend Sage (@sagemauldin). This content does not necessarily reflect the views of Better World Books (as our lawyers make sure we say). We love having guest bloggers and invite you to email 11@betterworldbooks.com if you are interested in covering a book or topic on the BWB Blog. Thank you, Sage!

My name is Sage A. Mauldin. I’m a Psychology major, senior, at the University of Oklahoma, and a staunch reader of sorts (i.e., philosophy, psychology, religion, politics, humor). My three wheelhouse passions are everything-psychology, writing and, of course, reading. Not until recently did I discover Better World Books through a friend of mine, Jennifer Williams, who has recently wrote a blog on here about “The Power of Reading.”

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UPDATE: Book for Like/Follow is still going strong. The info below is all correct except the end date which we do not have right now. We love how much you love this campaign and want to continue to empower you to share and make a difference with one click. Thank you!

Drum roll please…. over the next 30 days, you’re going to see some of the most exciting announcements we’ve ever shared. We admit, 30 days is a long time for a drum roll. So maybe take a breather here and there.

Starting today, July 15th, and running until our super secret surprise on August 15th, for every single new “like” on Facebook or “follow” on Twitter, we will donate a children’s book to a kid in need via Feed the Children.

Visit our Facebook and Twitter pages now to join the fun and make a big difference with just one click! If you’re already a fan, thank you so much! Please share the love to help bring books to kids who need them.
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*Note* The below blog post is a guest blog from our Twitter friend Jennifer (@KidsLearnFromMe). This content does not necessarily reflect the views of Better World Books (as our lawyers make sure we say). We love having guest bloggers and invite you to email 11@betterworldbooks.com if you are interested in covering a book or topic on the BWB Blog. Thank you, Jennifer!

Books have always held sway over my life.  To be frank, I tend to neglect other tasks in my life (house cleaning, cooking, grading papers) when I have a book calling my name.  I would rather spend money on books than jewelry.  My monthly book budget is usually larger than my monthly clothes budget (and I love clothes).  Books are my Muse and my Siren.

Before I go any further, I should introduce myself.  My name is Jennifer Williams.  I currently reside in Oklahoma.  I teach 8th, 9th, 10th grade pre-AP English and 12th grade AP English for a small, rural school.  In fact, I started the pre-AP program at the school.  The enrollment has exploded since I began the program two years ago.  Yes, I’m so proud!  During my career, I have taught 8th-12th grades; I have taught at-risk students, traditional students, advanced students, and special needs students.  I have been married for fifteen years to my high school sweetheart and have an amazing thirteen-year-old daughter.

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