ADOPT-A-BOOK FOR HOPE HOUSE
Each holiday season, you can join Politics & Prose in supporting Hope House, an organization - founded by
Carol Fennelly - which connects imprisoned fathers from Washington, D.C. with their
children. One of the most popular Hope House programs is The
Father to Child Reading Program, which provides children’s books for
inmates to audio or video record. The
book and the recording are mailed home to the inmate’s child. For many fathers,
these are the first stories they have ever read to their children. So far, Hope
House has paired fathers and their children with more than more than 12,000
books and tapes.
The Politics & Prose community has donated hundreds of books over the last two years. Carol Fennelly wrote a wonderful thank-you which we would like to share with you:
We love the store and the wonderful selection of books you provide. . . The hundreds of fathers who choose and read books through this program, and their children who receive the books, agree with me. In fact, some of our dads will only read if there are books from Politics & Prose from which they can choose.You have a loyal following in some interesting places.
Between Thanksgiving and January 1, with each book you buy for Hope House, you get a beautiful card decorated with an illustration by a child and his or her father. For a week in the summer, Hope House brings children to camps near the prisons, as most D.C. prisons are located in Ohio or North Carolina. As an activity, the children and their dads make life size murals of their ideal day together. These cards are photo reproductions of the murals. You can give the card as a gift to let your friends and family know that you are supporting Hope House in their names.
During the holidays, we offer our customers a 20% discount on books purchased either in the store or online for donation to Hope House. If you order over the web, simply note in the checkout comments field that you wish to donate the book. To learn more about Hope House, visit their website at www.hopehousedc.org.
Some suggested books are listed below, call our Children's Department at 202-364-1919 for other recommendations, or you are free to select one of your favorites for a donation.