United Through Reading

Aha!

With my husband's help, the organization that is doing the recordings is called:



United Through Reading

A non-profit,501(c)(3) public benefit organization, that was founded in 1989.


The Military Program

Here are some links to get you started

Techniques

Suggestions

Book Recommendations
...military families, booklists by occasion
...military families, booklists by ages

Challenges and Solutions
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The people at Speicher recommend that we get the books sent directly to our soldiers and then they can take the books to the MWR to do the recordings. I don't know what the MWR is, but it's the term my husband used.

Our soldiers can request books via the site I linked to in the previous post, using the booklist links above for ideas, and get books sent to them.

I'm going to work on getting donations, if possible. I don't know how reliable the Books for Soldiers is yet. I'll keep you all informed. It would be kind of nice to have wish lists from everyone that is interested.

Books For Soldiers

Has anyone else heard of this yet?

Books For Soldiers
http://booksforsoldiers.com/

It's a website where our soldiers can register and then request books and all of us at home can register and send donations.

I've only just discovered them today, I looked a bit through the forum, the FAQ and Help pages and it sounds pretty good to me.

If your soldier is a reader and needs reading material, this sounds like it is a good place to start getting some books.

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The REASON I was looking and found the site in the first place:

I was looking for the organization that helps soldiers record themselves reading children's books that they can send home to their kids.

~Read Aloud Recordings~

How cool is this! I know my daughter will be THRILLED to hear her dad reading to her. It was a nightly ritual before he left and now it's wonderful that it's still possible to continue.

They get to send home the CD recording and the book.

My Question:

Has anyone heard of who it is that's doing the recordings? Being a librarian, I am VERY interested in getting involved. Particularly since the Read Aloud lists have been a pet project of mine since I became a librarian over 13 years ago.

I would very willingly head up a donation organization for this. I just have to make sure I'm not doing something someone else is already doing.

p.s. I have read aloud lists available for anyone who wants them. I can email them in Wordperfect or Microsoft Word or I also have them online (but not very pretty looking) on my Laptime and Storytime ( http://laptimeandstorytime.googlepages.com/ )webpage, just scroll down, bottom of the right-hand column, click on the links.