On April 23, 50,000 "givers" are needed to hand out free paperback novels for World Book Night -- and you could be one!
"Extending your hand to give someone a book, a story, is a gesture of hope and joy," said celebrated author Kate DiCamillo.
DiCamillo's Newbery Honor-winning Because of Winn-Dixie is among 30 books selected for donation.
"It is a chance for all of us, givers and receivers, to break into blossom," she said.
Launched last year in the United Kingdom, World Book Night is a charitable project to spread the joy of reading.
This year 1 million paperbacks will be donated nationwide, including seven children's novels.
Also on the list are Laurie Halse Anderson's Wintergirls, Markus Zusak's The Book Thief, Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, Leif Enger's Peace Like a River and Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian.
