One Drive Ends, Another Begins

Because Pamie herself has started her 2005 drive, we're going to officially declare this one closed. Pamie and Stee have been married 4 1/2 months and they seem to be doing okay :).

Thanks to everyone who participated! We donated a total of 33 books (plus one tsunami relief donation) to Alvarado Elementary School. Not bad for a seat-of-the-pants drive. Thanks to the lady herself and to Allison for the support.

Cool Kid: Cheyenne-Gilmore

Cheyenne-Gilmore (a distant cousin of Lorelai and Rory, natch) sends a message:

I sent in The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate
Events, Book 6). I figured kids might be more
interested in them these days, what with the movie
having come out recently and all.
Happy Marriage, Pamie and Stee!

- Cheyenne-Gilmore

There can never be enough Lemony Snicket.

The administrators would like to note that C-G actually sent in news of her donation last Tuesday, and we were very neglectful in posting it. Apologies!

Cool Kid: #6

The mysterious and dashing #6, known around MATH+1 as a Sultan of Science, has donated Amelia's School Survival Guide.

We would like to take this opportunity to say that this charity drive is very pro-science. Science rocks. Science babies rock, as well.

Cool Kid: MarigoldMind

MarigoldMind has chimed in with a super-donation:

I donated the following books to Alvarado Elementary:

Fluffy's Silly Summer (Hello Reader! Level 3 (Hardcover))
By: Kate McMullan, Mavis Smith

Porcupine Named Fluffy
By: Helen Lester

I Spy Spooky Night: A Book of Picture Riddles (I Spy Books)
By: Walter Wick, Jean Marzollo

Martha Blah Blah
By: Susan Meddaugh

Mystery of the Shrieking Island
By: R. T. Byrum

Martha Calling
By: Susan Meddaugh

Thanks for organizing this :-)

Cool Kid: Loree

Says our newest Cool Kid, Loree:

I donated:

1 of: Revolting Rhymes [School & Library Binding]
By: Roald Dahl

1 of: Why Girls Are Weird : A Novel [Paperback]
By: Pamela Ribon

Congratulations Pamie and Stee! And many thanks to the Fans of Pamie!

Why Girls Are Weird might be a little heavy for some of the elementary schoolers at Alvarado, but maybe the librarians will get to read it during Quiet Hour, or the school equivalent.

Administrative Note

So The Folks Behind This Blog, more specifically The Person Who Checks the Email Address Behind This Blog, have (has) been slack of late. All recent donations should be up now, with the posts backdated to reflect the timing of the donation, not the slackness of the posting.

As of right now we're counting 23 books for Alvarado Elementary and 1 tsunami relief donation. Y'all be proud.

And if you want to join in, see here for instructions.

The Reason For All This

. . . can be seen here.

Also: you're welcome, Pamie.

Ain't No Heart Like Al's

We interrupt this report of massive amounts of donation to point out to you that it could not have happened without some support from Allison, who when not being an Elegant Cowgirl, no-fat latte drinker, published author, and Promoter of Fun, has given some of her space on the Internet to hype this blog. 'Preciate it, Miss Al.

Cool Kid: Michael

Chiming in is Cool Kid Michael:

Hi,

I donated two books to the Alvarado Elementary School:

* Amelia Hits the Road by Marissa Moss
* Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine

Awesome.

Cool Forward-Thinking Kid: Arianne

Harnessing the power of Amazon.com is Cool Kid Arianne:

Hi,
I just donated Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince to Alvarado Elementary school. They should receive their order sometime in July. I hope they enjoy the book!

"Mommy, wow! I'm a cool kid now?"

So goes the subject line of an email from Lauren, the newest Cool Kid, reporting:

Happy wedding, Pamie and Stee!

I donated "Fluffy Meets the Dinosaurs" by Kate McMullan and Mavis Smith
from
the enthusiastically titled Hello Reader! series. It was one of their
highest-priority books. I hope they like it.

We use the word "reporting" deliberately, as Lauren is a writer for the UCLA Daily Bruin as well as an esteemed philanthropist.

Cool Kid: Colie

Colie, a longtime Pamie fan, says:

I sent:

* "Martha Speaks", Susan Meddaugh
* "The Secret of Platform 13", Eva Ibbotson
* "Who Let the Ghosts Out? (Mostly Ghostly [Hardcover])", R. L. Stine

Yay, Pamie and Stee!

Cool Kid: Jennifer

Says Cool Kid Jennifer:

What a fabulous idea!

I donated:

The Fairy's Return
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
Jennifer Murdley's Toad

Happy Wedding and Future, Pamie and Stee!

Cool Kid: Nysha

Says Cool Kid Nysha:

Hi, I donated:

Which Witch by Eva Ibbotson and I Spy Gold Challenger by Jean Marzollo & Walter Wick

Hooray!

Cool Kid: Caitlin

Says new cool kid Caitlin:

Donated from the wish list:

* The Hostile Hospital (Book the Eighth)

* Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary: The Ultimate Guide to Star Wars Characters and Creatures

* The Wrath of Mulgarath

Congratulations to Pamie and Stee! And thanks for the
opportunity to donate.

Cool Kid: Jessica

Reports Jessica:

I tried to donate stuff that had been marked as "Love to have". So:

* "Giggler Treatment" by Roddy Doyle

* "Space Brat" and "My Teacher is an Alien" by Bruce Coville

Cool Kid: Gabbagoolia

Our next Cool Kid, Gabbagoolia, chimes in:

I donated two Roald Dahl books: George's Marvelous
Medicine and The Enormous Crocodile.

Good luck pamie and stee!

Cool Kid: Muffinzz

Here's the good word from our next Cool Kid:

Happy New Year!

I made a donation today to the Alvarado Elementary School. I donated:

* “The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 3”, by Lemony Snicket; Hardcover.

* I also made a donation to the American Red Cross Tsunami Disaster Relief Fund.

Congratulations, Pamie and Stee!

Muffinzz

First Cool Kid!

Our first cool kid is Wendy:

Hi there!

I donated:

- "The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1)" by Lemony Snicket; Hardcover

- "Its Disgusting And We Ate It: True Food Facts from Around the World and Throughout History" by James Solheim; Hardcover

What You Can Do

1. Buy a book off the Amazon.com wish list for Alvarado Elementary School. It will automatically be shipped to the school in San Francisco. If you want, you can put, "In honor of Pamie at Pamie.com" as a message so the school knows why it's getting lots of books all of a sudden.

2. Or, if you'd prefer, you can donate to relief funds related to the Asian tsunami. Tsunami Help is compiling information; The Command Post has compiled a list of places to donate in several different countries.

3. Either way, let us know what you've done by emailing yaypamieandstee at yahoo dot com. Include the title(s) of the book(s) you've donated, your name, and personal home page URL if you want us to post those, along with any comments. If you're donating for tsunami relief, we won't publish the numerical amout of your donation.

The Story So Far: Alvarado Elementary School

After some poking around on Amazon, we decided to pick Alvarado Elementary School in San Francisco (see the school profile). One of the MATHletes recommended the school: "I've been really impressed with the teachers' committment to all their students on my visits there. It's a cool place."

Also, it happens to have an Amazon wish list.

The Story So Far: Pamie

So Pamie, author of the novel Why Girls Are Weird, playwright, actress, TV writer, and queen of Pamie.com, has a lot of fans.

So many fans that way back in 2001 when she had to close down Pamie.com's original bulletin board, Squishy, the people who had met there started up at least two boards -- MATH Plus One and Squishettes -- just to keep up with all the conversations.

So many fans that when she announced book drives to benefit the public libraries of Oakland (hit hard by budget cuts) in 2003 and San Diego (hit hard by fire) in 2004, her readers responded by the hundreds.

Pamie has a particular fan in Stee. On December 31st, Pamie and Stee are getting married.

This is the space for Pamie's fans to celebrate the wedding of Pamie and Stee with a California library book drive of their own.