Stuff the Bus Book Drive
May 13-17, 2013
We are collecting new and gently used children's books with a focus on birth to age 8. The books will be distributed United Way of Central Iowa Women's Leadership Connection supported centers.
According to early literacy research, within the U.S., access to books is essential to reading development: the only variable that directly correlates with reading scores is the number of books in the home. However, most recent data describes a profound, even shocking gap: while the ratio of books to children in middle-income neighborhoods is approximately 13 books to 1 child, the ratio in low-income neighborhoods is 1 book to 300 children. Additionally, more than 80 percent of childcare centers serving low-income children lack age-appropriate books.
Thank you to the 36 companies participating in Stuff the Bus.
Books can be dropped off at United Way of Central Iowa, 1111 9th Street, Suite 100 in Des Moines or at the Stuff the Bus Celebration on Friday, May 17th at 9 a.m. hosted at Aviva USA, 7700 Mills Civic Parkway in West Des Moines.
United Way Stuff the Bus Book "Wish" List
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| Title |
Author |
| My First Day of Nursery School |
Becky Edwards |
| I Like it When… |
Mary Murphy |
| The Dandelion Seed |
Joseph Anthony |
| More, More, More, Said the Baby |
Vera Williams |
| Rumble in the Jungle |
Andreae Giles |
| The Way I Feel |
Janan Cain |
| Spot Bakes a Cake |
Eric Hill |
| Dear Mr. Blueberry |
Simon James |
| Growing Vegetable Soup |
Lois Elhert |
| Froggy Gets Dressed |
Jonathan London |
| I Stink! |
Kate McMullen |
| My Backpack |
Eve Bunting |
| Baghead |
Jarret Krosoczka |
| A Color of His Own |
Leo Lionni |
| To Market, To Market |
Anne Miranda |
| In the Small, Small Pond |
Denise Fleming |
| The Noisy Airplane Ride |
Mike Downs |
| How to Speak Moo! |
Deborah Fayerman |
| Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten |
Joseph Slate |
| Down by the Cool of the Pool |
Tony Mitten |
| David Gets in Trouble |
David Shannon |
| Hey Little Ant |
Philip M. Hoose |
| Mouse Mess |
Linnea Asplind Riley |
| Recess Queen |
Alexis O'Neill |
| Boxcar Children series |
Gertrude Chandler Warner |
| Olivia |
Ian Falconer |
Hop on Pop
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Dr. Seuss |
| Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot series |
Dan Pilkey |
| 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed |
Eileen Christelow |
| I Was So Mad |
Mercer Mayer |
| Brown Bear Brown Bear |
Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle |
| Mouse Paint |
Ellen Stoll Walsh |
| Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa and sequels (easy readers) |
Erica Silverman |
| Bread and Jam for Frances |
Russell & Lillian Hoban |
| Frog and Toad |
Arnold Lobel |
| Harold and the Purple Crayon |
Crockett Johnson |
| If You Give a Mouse a Cookie |
Laura Joffe Numeroff |
| Where the Wild Things Are |
Maurice Sendak |
| Diary of a Spider and sequels (picture books) |
Doreen Cronin |
| Fancy Nancy and sequels (picture books) |
Jane O'Conner |
| Goodnight, Moon |
Margaret Wise Brown |
| My Weird School series (Ages 7-10) |
Dan Gutman |
| Curious George |
H.A. Rey |
| Miss Nelson is Missing |
Harry Allard |
| The Cat in the Hat |
Dr Seuss |
| We’re Going on a Bear Hunt |
Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury |
| A Frog in the Bog |
Karma Wilson |
| The Little Engine that Could |
Piper Watty |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
Eric Carle |
| Froggie Goes to School |
Jonathan London |
| Horton Hears a Who |
Dr Seuss |
| Inside Outside Upside Down |
Stan and Jan Berenstein |
| Junie B. Jones series |
Barbara Park |
| Magic Treehouse series |
Mary Pope Osborne |
| The Foot Book |
Dr. Suess |
| Dr. Suess’s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! |
Dr. Suess |
| Clifford, the Big Red Dog |
Norman Bridwell |
| Fly Guy and sequels (easy readers) |
Tedd Arnold |
| The Berenstain Bears |
Stan Berenstein |
| I Am an Apple |
Jean Marzollo |
| Bailey School Kids series (ages 7-9) |
Debbie Dadey |
| Chicka Chicka Boom Boom |
Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault, & Lois Ehlert |
| Henry and Mudge series |
Cynthia Ryland |
| The Spider and the Fly |
Mary Botham Howitt |
| Llama Llama Mad at Mama |
Anna Dewdney |
| Madeleine |
Ludwig Bemelmans |
| Horrible Harry series |
Suzy Kline |
| The Story of Ferdinand |
Munro Leaf |
| Leo the Late Bloomer |
Robert Kraus |
| Board books - ABC, Counting, Nursery Rhyme |
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| Make Way for Tooth Decay |
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AIB College of Business
American Enterprise Group, Inc.
Aviva USA
Aviva Investors
Bankers Trust Company
Deloitte
Delta Dental
Dental Associates, PC
Des Moines Public Schools
Des Moines Water Works
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
EMC Insurance Companies
FBL Financial Group, Inc.
Hirsh Industries
The IMT Group
ITA Group
John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group
John Deere Des Moines Works
John Deere Financial
Kemin Industries
Kum & Go-Corporate
Library Binding Service (LBS)
Marsh US Consumer
Medicap Pharmacy
Mercer
Mercy Auxiliary of Central Iowa
Meredith Corporation
Nationwide Agribusiness
Polk County Offices
PriceWaterhouseCoopersLLP
The Principal Financial Group
SumTotal Systems
UnitedHealthCare and UMR
United Way of Central Iowa
UPS
Wells Fargo and Company