Happy Lurker Introduction Day!

Guess what today is?! It’s Lurker Introduction Day (Take 2), a day when lurkers on this website are invited to come out of hiding and show themselves. It’s also a day I totally made up. But, look, I know what it’s like. I’ve been before, and am, a lurker on different sites. You read along for weeks or maybe months (maybe even years??) without ever having an intention to NOT participate — it just sort of happens that way. You might have things to say in the comments, but they’ve already been said a dozen or so other ways by other people — people who comment all the time. Or, maybe you’re…

Happy Lurker Introduction Day!

Guess what today is?! It’s Lurker Introduction Day, a day when lurkers on this website are invited to come out of hiding and show themselves. It’s also a day I totally made up. But, look, I know what it’s like. I’ve been before, and am, a lurker on different sites. You read along for weeks or maybe months (maybe even years??) without ever having an intention to NOT participate — it just sort of happens that way. You might have things to say in the comments, but they’ve already been said a dozen or so other ways by other people — people who comment all the time. Or, maybe you’re kind of…

DW Holiday Book Drive: Thanks from a Teacher

I got the following email this morning from middle school teacher, Ogo A., who participated in our holiday book drive this year: Good morning Wendy,Today I had my students choose books from the books that came thanks to your readers. I am so touched by the generosity and act of love that made this day possible. My students were super excited and actually in awe that I would do something like this for them. They were buzzing around the books and poring over each page. They kept thanking me and hugging me. I explained to them about the book drive that I entered but it was like they didn’t even hear me….

Dear Wendy’s Second Annual Holiday Book Drive!

Last year’s last-minute book drive for a class in a low-income school in New Orleans was such a success — all the books on the teacher’s list were purchased within 90 minutes! — I decided to make it an annual event. This year’s holiday book drive is much more ambitious than last year’s — we have 3 teachers participating, with over 180 students all together, humbly requesting 215 books — and I’m hopeful we can reach the goal and purchase one book for every kid or, at the very least, get some new books for each classroom’s library. Keep reading to learn more about the participating classes, students, and teachers, and follow…

Updates: School Book Drive, a Success!

I received the following email from Carrie H., the reading teacher in New Orleans who created a book registry for DW readers to buy books for her students for Christmas: I am extremely grateful for the generosity of the DW readers who contributed to giving my students books! I was so impressed with how quickly you bought out my Amazon registry — less than 90 minutes! Thank you all so much. I came home from my second job last Saturday evening to a big plastic bag full of boxes and envelopes from Amazon sitting on my walkway. The last book arrived on Tuesday but the vast majority were here by Saturday. I…

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