Bridge Foundation Newsletter Newsletter Read for the Record 2013 | Page 2

READ FOR THE RECORD 2013 NEWS BRIEF | Issue #
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READ FOR THE RECORD PROMOTED
VALUES OF TRUST AND FRIENDSHIP
Featuring
Jumpstart‘s
Author and
Promoting
Homegrown
Authors on Read
for the Record
Day, October 3,
2013
Bridge Foundation through Read for the
Record shared the importance of trust, loyalty
and friendship. All important values to build
character and a caring society.
Bridge Foundation requested schools to
engage in conversations about the importance
of friendship and to seek answers from
students about what friendship means to
them.
Integrity-Trust-Support
Jumpstart Author –Loren Long
All schools received Jumpstart selected book, Otis
written and illustrated by Loren Long.
Loren Long is an author and illustrator of New York
Times best seller of children’s books. He is noted for
President Barack Obama picture book, Theo I Sing
and the re-illustrated edition of well-known book, A
Little Engine that Could. He has also written an
exciting series of Otis books such as Otis and the
Tornado and Otis and the Puppy with a new book
coming soon called Otis Christmas. This year’s
feature of his book through Jumpstart Read for the
Record, helped him to share the important
message of friendship, support , trust and integrity.
In Trinidad and Tobago they received the
message loud and clear.
Homegrown Caribbean Authors
Twins in a Spin written by Diane
Brown and Hazel Campbell
shared three stories with
wonderful learning lessons about
friendship, trust and making
decisions.
On Read for the Record Day, Bridge
Foundation made a concerted effort to
promote Caribbean authors and to give them
a voice and a platform. Bridge Foundation
promotes Caribbean authored books through
its Read to Rise programme. Dianne Brown Books Hazel Campbell Books
Bernie and The Captain
Ghost Sweet, Sweet Mango Tree
This year, we featured a complementary
Read to Rise book, Twins in a Spin by Diane
Browne and Hazel D. Campbell including -To
Patos and Back authored by Andy Campbell
from Trinidad and Tap, Tap, an international
author, Lynn Williams. A Time of Fire
We understand that as children enter the
world of literature, they must connect to all
genres, and particularly books that share
their cultural heritage and offer familiar
experiences and stories. One child stated
that reading a Caribbean story, “is like
looking reading about my family.”
Goat Boy Never Cries
A Tumbling World
Cat Woman and the
Spinning Wheel
Cordelia Finds Fame and
Fortune
Heartiest congratulations to Hazel Campbell for
being awarded a Silver Musgrave Medal from
the Institute of Jamaica for her 'contribution
to children's literature. Dianne Browne also won
Bronze Musgrave Medal from the Institute of
Jamaica (2004) and the special prize for the
best children's story by the Commonwealth
Foundation (2011)
Bridge Foundation implements a Read to Rise
programme promoting Caribbean authors and books.