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» Friday, June 06, 2008
Order of the Month
Posted by Jack Hanlon, CBO & Evangelist

The latest order of the month (from the best month ever for www.betterworld.com!) comes from AP.  This kid is going to get educated well, but besides knowing his or her cats and hats, apparently they'll also know a fair bit about globalization issues (see bold)...


Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, Elaine Bruner 19.48
The American Heritage Children's Dictionary by American Heritage Dictionaries 16.98
Human Body (DK Visual Dictionaries) by DK Publishing 18.98
My Two Hands, My Two Feet by Rick Walton 3.48
Science Projects About the Human Body (Science Projects (Enslow)) by Robert Gardner 3.48
Cells (Reading Essentials in Science) by Susan Glass 14.98
From Caterpillar to Butterfly (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1) by Deborah Heiligman 6.98
The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book: Boil Ice, Float Water, Measure Gravity-Challenge the World Around You! (Everything Kids Series) by Tom Robinson 12.48
Bob Books, Set 1: Beginning Readers by Bobby Lynn Maslen 13.98
Bob Books Set 2: Advancing Beginners by Bobby Lynn Maslen 15.98
Bob Books Set 3: Word Families by Bobby Lynn Maslen 13.98
Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping (I Can Read Book 2) by Peggy Parish 8.48
Oliver (I Can Read Books) by Syd Hoff 3.48
Green Eggs and Ham (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books) by Dr. Seuss 13.48
Arthur's Loose Tooth (I Can Read Books) by Lillian Hoban 9.48
Arthur's Prize Reader (I Can Read Books (Harper Hardcover)) by Lillian Hoban 3.48
I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (Beginner Books) by Dr. Seuss 3.48
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books) by Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel 13.48
First Space Encyclopedia by DK Publishing 15.48
National Geographic Our World, Updated Edition: A Child's First Picture Atlas (Science Quest) by National Geographic Society 16.98
Science Projects About the Human Body (Science Projects (Enslow)) by Robert Gardner 3.48
Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development (3rd Edition) by Lester Rowntree, Martin Lewis, Marie Price, William Wyckoff 9.98
Night (Oprah's Book Club) by Elie Wiesel 13.48
Rutka's Notebook: A Voice from the Holocaust by Editors of Time Magazine, Yad Vashem 15.48
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett 5.98
Don't Sweat The Small Stuff For Teens by Richard Carlson 3.48
Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Classic Seuss) by Dr. Seuss 16.98
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. 12.48
Don't Sweat The Small Stuff For Teens by Richard Carlson 3.48

[ed. note: AP has informed me that these books will all be donated to a local charity for public schools (there are multiple copies of each book).  Kudos!  We love work for literacy!]

Impact | Order of the Month
Posted by Jack on 6/6/2008 UTC
#    Comments [2]
6/8/2008 3:57:13 PM UTC
hello, I know this is slightly unrelated but I wanted to make a suggestion anyway

I see the website header now shows the total amount of money raised for literacy funds, which is great. But showing how much each customer has contributed alone (i.e. after I log in) would be a big reward for buyers, and a drive for buying more!
Felipe Vaz |felipevazAT NOSPAMgmail dot com
6/9/2008 6:17:25 AM UTC
Thanks for the advice, Felipe, that's a great idea. I'll talk to the developers and see what we can come up with!

-Jack
Jack |JackAT NOSPAMbetterworld dot com
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