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thistlechaserThe Reading Rainbow Kickstarter has reached its second half. It blew its one million dollar goal out of the water, though sadly it looks like it might not reach the new five million goal. ($3,850,905 made and 13 days left to go.)
The goal of the project is to bring Reading Rainbow (thus a love of reading and books) into classrooms everywhere. You can read more about it at the link above.
While I donated early on, I had been depressed that I couldn't get a copy of the Reading Rainbow calendar (it was a $150+ pledge reward). I'm not sure how many people use paper calendars anymore, but I do at work, so I was really hoping to get one.
Yesterday they changed the reward system, so now you can get a number of items (t-shirt, bumper sticker, mugs, etc) as an "add on" reward -- for $25 or $30 more, you can get the reward you want. So I pledged $25 more and now I can get the calendar, yay!
Why would you want the calendar? Check out the artists who will draw art for it! MARY GRANDPRÉ ("is best known for her iconic work as the artist and illustrator of the Harry Potter books"), BRETT HELQUIST ("is best known as the illustrator behind the beloved children's book series, Lemony Snicket"), the Penny Arcade team, two different Marvel/DC artists, and MIKE MAIHACK (webcomics and Jim Henson company artist). All are doing artwork for free for this project! The remaining pieces will be drawn by fans, voted on by everyone who contributes.
So if you'd like the calendar or some other prize, just donate $5 (or more if you can!), then donate $25 more (or $30 for a t-shirt). It's a very good cause, plus the prizes are spiffy!
But you don't have to take my word for it...
The goal of the project is to bring Reading Rainbow (thus a love of reading and books) into classrooms everywhere. You can read more about it at the link above.
While I donated early on, I had been depressed that I couldn't get a copy of the Reading Rainbow calendar (it was a $150+ pledge reward). I'm not sure how many people use paper calendars anymore, but I do at work, so I was really hoping to get one.
Yesterday they changed the reward system, so now you can get a number of items (t-shirt, bumper sticker, mugs, etc) as an "add on" reward -- for $25 or $30 more, you can get the reward you want. So I pledged $25 more and now I can get the calendar, yay!
Why would you want the calendar? Check out the artists who will draw art for it! MARY GRANDPRÉ ("is best known for her iconic work as the artist and illustrator of the Harry Potter books"), BRETT HELQUIST ("is best known as the illustrator behind the beloved children's book series, Lemony Snicket"), the Penny Arcade team, two different Marvel/DC artists, and MIKE MAIHACK (webcomics and Jim Henson company artist). All are doing artwork for free for this project! The remaining pieces will be drawn by fans, voted on by everyone who contributes.
So if you'd like the calendar or some other prize, just donate $5 (or more if you can!), then donate $25 more (or $30 for a t-shirt). It's a very good cause, plus the prizes are spiffy!
But you don't have to take my word for it...
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Date: 2014-06-19 03:57 pm (UTC)On tumblr I found Levar Burton's daughter pimping it out and was so tickled to find out she loves things like Supernatural slash (not a fandom of mine but still) and other Internet nerd things. One of us! One of us!
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Date: 2014-06-19 04:00 pm (UTC)Ha! That is cool to know! I'm not a Supernatural fan either. I did try the show, but it just didn't work at all for me. (Which is too bad, since the fandom is so darned big.)
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Date: 2014-06-25 03:51 am (UTC)no subject
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