PRESENTING WHAT TO READ IN THE RAIN

Did you know that Seattle is considered one of the most literate cities in America? Seattleites understand better than anyone how delightful it is to snuggle up with a great novel or a short story when the skies cloud over and a downpour seems imminent. But what happens when visitors to our fair city are greeted with grey dampness and discover they have forgotten to bring their book along?

Enter local nonprofit 826 Seattle and a group of book-loving Seattle hotels. We are pleased to announce a great way to provide hotel guests a literary umbrella (so to speak) in the form of 826 Seattle’s latest anthology, What to Read in the Rain 2012.

What to Read in the Rain contains 224 pages of stories, poems, and from well-known authors and 826 Seattle youth participants. Presenting the book is literary icon Tom Robbins, who offers his wisdom about writing. 826 National Founder and best-selling author Dave Eggers takes us to Cuba. We travel with author Garth Stein to south Seattle's Seward Park to meet the parrots. There is striking poetry by Elizabeth Austin and Karen Finneyfrock. Morgen White, nine years old, stuns us with a story of death by pollution. Ben-Oni Eliezer Jean, shares a lovely poem about his native Haiti while Samuel Wade (age ten) delights us with tales of a robotic chicken.

Guests at hotels throughout Seattle will find What to Read in the Rain greeting them from the bedside table in their hotel room. Those who realize they’ve left their rainy-day reading material at home (or maybe wish to take a great present home to the family) are able to credit their room accounts with an easy payment of $15.00 at check-out time.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Seattleites: What to Read in the Rain 2012 will be available starting November 20 at the Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co. at 8414 Greenwood Ave N. In fact, you are invited to join us for the publishing party on November 20, 1pm to 3pm.

Hoteliers: For more information about What to Read in the Rain, please contact 826 Seattle Store Manager Justin Allan at justin@826seattle.org.

ABOUT 826 SEATTLE

826 Seattle is a nonprofit writing and tutoring center dedicated to helping youth, ages 6 to 18, improve their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Our services are structured around our belief that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success. For more information, visit www.826seattle.org. If you'd like to make a tax deductible donation, please visit our donation page at www.826seattle.org/support/money