Make Way for Ducklings Store and National Braille Press to Host Children's Braille Reading Event

WHAT: Make Way for Ducklings Store and National Braille Press (NBP) will host a braille book reading during the store’s weekly children’s reading hour. Braille readers will read the children’s book Dragons Love Tacos, a New York Times bestseller tale of new friends and the perfect snack. They will also sing the Dragons Love Tacos song, written for NBP’s braille literacy program by Matt Kaplowitz, and be given miniature maracas to accompany them. In addition, the children and parents will have the opportunity to make a Thanksgiving type of craft. Parents who attend the event will also receive discount coupons for tacos and other Mexican food at XXXX and XXXX at Faneuil Hall Marketplace. The event coincides with the 30th Anniversary of the NBP’s Children’s Braille Book Club, the first book club featuring print/braille books in the country.

This event is part of Make Way for Ducklings weekly story hour, held every Thursday morning at 10:30am at their store in Faneuil Hall. Held upstairs in a special storytime area of the store, Make Way for Ducklings Store, hosts a dynamic storytime and activities for kids including music and crafts. Storytime is recommended for kids 2-5, but siblings and younger children are welcome. More information and the storytime schedule is available at: www.facebook.com/MakeWayforDucklingsStore

WHO: Wynter Pingel, Braille Reader

Brian MacDonald, President, National Braille Press

Adam Hirsch, Make Way for Ducklings Store

Parents and their children

WHERE: Make Way for Ducklings Store

8 North Market Building

Faneuil Hall Marketplace

WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 20

10:30 a.m.

About Make Way For Ducklings Store

The Make Way for Ducklings Store is located at 8 North Market Building, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, MA. Themed around the official storybook of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the store celebrates the characters of Make Way for Ducklings book by Robert McCloskey and other internationally-recognized authors with local Boston ties. The storytime store was created by Adam Hirsch, owner of The World’s Only Curious George Store in Harvard Square.

ABOUT NATIONAL BRAILLE PRESS

A non-profit braille publisher, National Braille Press promotes literacy for blind children through outreach programs and provides access to information by producing information in Braille for blind children and adults. National Braille Press is the only publisher of original braille works in the United States. The Boston based non-profit continues the proud tradition of supporting a lifetime of opportunity for blind children through braille literacy, and provides an education foundation for the blind community to maintain independence and productivity in their lives. www.nbp.org