Dewey’s 2008 Book Drive Ends March 12!

Don’t wait too long to make that donation! Dewey’s 2008 Book Drive ends on March 12 and if you don’t donate you’ll make Dewey cry!

Usage It Well!

Congrats to Catherine Harvey, Cate Cuttle and Alicia Kelly who will each receive a copy of Garner’s Modern American Usage donated by Sarah Bunting of Tomato Nation (thanks Sarah!).  David Kravetz picked up the Brooklyn Ind. certificate (from Buntsy) and “Yes Rasta” from Rockhouse.

Fugtastic Prizes for March 6 and 7 donors

Jessica and Heather (a.k.a. The Fug Girls) are helping Dewey out! We’ve got two signed copies of their new book to give to two people who donate on March 6 or 7. Sweet! We asked Heather and Jessica to write up a little somethin’ somethin’ about their latest project:

You may be familiar with our website, Go Fug Yourself, where we write blunt and barbed things about bad celebrity outfits. In our book of all-new entries, The Fug Awards, we reward the best of the worst with such honors as “The Sag Award” (given to the person who most abuses her boobs), and the “Girl PLEASE,” for the most hellaciously misguided style icon. Because, hey, everyone loves an awards show, even if it’s not a real one, and a book is much easier to bring on an airplane or to the doctor’s office, or into the bathroom — you know, all the places people’s reading mostly gets done.

Just as long as reading IS being done, and that’s the beauty of Dewey — it helps bring the magic of books to people who need it. Neither of us can imagine having grown up without a constant stream of reading material. Our favorites, like Anne of Green Gables, Harriet the Spy, the Sweet Valley High series, Charlotte’s Web and about a million others are books we re-read to this day. They helped shape who we are in ways we probably can’t even fully grasp. Can you imagine a world in which you were unclear on the concept of the good twin vs the bad twin? Neither can we. So we’re thrilled to be able to help spread the love. Here’s to a good read!

Good Gravy! More Prizes!

The fine people over at Inkwell Management have donated signed copies of the bestsellers The Post Birthday World by Lionel Shriver and The Manny by Holly Peterson. We suggested The Babymitter as the title for the latter but that’s why we just help get books to libraries and not write them (okay just Dave, Pamie seems to know what’s she doing in the writing department). Donate on March 6 to be eligible for Birthday and March 7 for Manny.