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What's your favorite book to read outloud?  My children just love to scream "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!"  What's yours ... and tell us about it to win some faboosh prizes! Read on >>> 

Blue Star Families is supporting several literacy movements this month. Here's the official scoop on World Read Aloud Day and Blue Star Families participation! 

World Read Aloud Day is March 7 and Blue Star Families is all over it. What's Read Aloud Day, you say -- click here to learn more! 

Target, the retail giant, is lending a huge hand to Blue Star Families Books on Bases program with a monster grant.  Interested?  It's a good one ... read on! 

Books on Bases is going south for the winter.  Children at Naval Air Station Jacksonville will get an early Christmas present from the Blue Star Families elves.  Read on ... 

Although Fort Huachuca is the only military installation in the state without a post library, its schools and military dependents will have an opportunity to receive library-quality books when the Books on Bases literacy program comes to the Murr Community Center on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 10 a.m.

Wednesday, November 9th is the Washington, DC Area Give to the Max Day, a 24-hour giving challenge organized by The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region and United Way of the National Capital Area.

Why one mom is pinning her hopes on a little wizard to get her daughter through a deployment! 

Blue Star Families co-founder and Chairman of the Board, Kathy Roth-Douquet, is testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee this afternoon.  Her testimony on the challenges facing military families follows.
Thank you, Senator Webb, Senator Graham, and members of the subcommittee for inviting us here to speak to you today.

Blue Star Families will bring the joy of reading to military children by donating new books to the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek Libraries this Saturday. The program, Books on Bases, is a nationwide program presented by Blue Star Families with the goal of having a positive impact on children from military families through book donation.