Baltimore City
50,000 children's books goal of kids' campaign
Volunteers will collect donations of children's books Saturdayat Western High School, near Falls Road and Cold Spring Lane, in the annual Books for Kids Day campaign.
The goal this year is 50,000 new or used books that will be distributed to low-income families and improve the library collections at 28 city elementary schools. The campaign is sponsored by the Sylvan Foundation, with support and in-kind donations from Bell Atlantic Yellow Pages and Von Paris Moving & Storage.
Books may be dropped off from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monetary donations may be sent to Books for Kids, in care of Baltimore Reads, 5 E. Read St., Baltimore 21202.
Baltimore County
Storyteller to perform at Montessori book fair
LUTHERVILLE -- The Montessori School will have more than 2,000 books for sale, and programs by children's authors, at its 18th annual Book Fair on Saturday and March 29 through 31.
Local storyteller Martha Ruff will share African folk tales, finger plays and myths at 11 a.m. Saturday, and illustrator Maria Teresa Meloni will sign her new book, "Rosie's Ballet Slipper," from 2: 30 p.m. to 3: 30 p.m. March 29.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and 8: 30 a.m. to 3: 30 p.m. the other days at the school at Falls and Greenspring Valley roads. Books are appropriate for children ages 2 to 13. Proceeds will benefit the school library. Information: 410-321-8555.
Prince George's County
Baysox offer game tickets for reading, writing efforts
BOWIE -- The Bowie Baysox baseball club has distributed 100,000 bookmarks in six Maryland counties, each with a reading score card that can mean free tickets for children.
The "Read & Hit a Home Run" promotion, expanding in its third year, offers a pair of free general admission tickets to games of the Orioles' Class AA affiliate for pupils who read and write a one-paragraph summary of four books, and have their teacher certify the work on the bookmark-score card.
The tickets are good for designated games -- April 23 is Anne Arundel County School Night; May 7 for Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's counties; May 14 for Montgomery; and June 11 for Prince George's.
Pub Date: 3/21/99