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| | Cheerios :: MultiVu Video Feed: Actors John Lithgow, Sonia Manzano Join First Book, Cheerios to Help Get Books Into ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04) |
 | | NEW YORK, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- As National Children's Book Week (Nov. 14-20) kicks off, actors and children's book authors John Lithgow and Sonia Manzano -- "Maria" from Sesame Street -- are joining Cheerios and First Book, a national literacy organization, to help get books into children's hands. |
 | | This effort is important, as 61% of low-income families have no books at all in their homes for their children, and 37% of 4th graders read below the basic achievement level. |
 | | Through its Spoonfuls of Stories program, Cheerios is putting five million free children's books -- including Lithgow's book, "I'm a Manatee," and Manzano's book, "No Dogs Allowed!," inside specially marked Cheerios boxes. |
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