Happy Father’s Day to our Military Fathers and Deployed Daddies! You are our HEROES!!

Wishing you and yours all the miracles of the season! Send your free military family holiday e-cards by clicking here.

The son of a Vietnam Veteran who served in the Navy, Neil Patrick Harris came to stardom as a young boy in the iconic Doogie Howser, MD. Unlike many child stars, Harris has survived and thrived with grace and dignity and a mature talent. In addition to a starring role in the network hit, “How I Met Your Mother”, Harris was a massive hit as the host of the nationally-televised 2009 Emmy Awards.

BratStar: Neil Patrick Harris

July 4 (TOMORROW!) is the last day military organizations can place an order to take advantage of our huge $5 summer sale! Please contact us at booksforbrats@aol.com with your organization’s order for this $5 per book special!

Tell your Daddy that he’s your hero with our special You’re My Hero! e-cards featuring artwork from your favorite Books for Brats children’s books!

Do you want to let your Daddy know that he is your hero and you love him this Father’s Day? How about sending him an e-card drawn especially by you?

Let Books for Brats help! We are giving you a chance to customize your Books for Brats Happy Father’s Day e-card with your artwork!

How Does it Work?
E-mail booksforbrats@aol.com a .jpg or .gif of your drawing, poem or handmade artwork telling your Daddy Happy Father’s Day!
We will make it available on our e-card site, so you can send it to your Daddy as an e-card for Father’s Day! We will send you an email, so you know when and where to find it on our website.
Don’t have a scanner?, e-mail us and we’ll help you get your artwork into digital format!

By e-mailing us your artwork you are expressly giving us permission to post your artwork on our website and use it in perpetuity. We reserve the right to refuse publishing submissions.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACTS:
Books for Brats/LRHG Publishing           
Cathy Lynn               
917-640-2844            
booksforbrats@aol.com

First Book                                                                  
Joan Sahlgren           
202-639-0150              
jsahlgren@firstbook.org  

USO of Metropolitan Washington            
Crystal Benton           
703-696-4839             
crystal@usometro.org

First Book and Books for BratsTM Partner to Donate Deployment Picture Books to USO

Miramar Beach, FL — May 26, 2009 — Books for Brats, the first series of picture books for military brats, has partnered with First Book to continue its mission to donate their titles to military families.

Books for Brats’ publisher, Little Redhaired Girl Publishing and First Book will be launching their partnership with a donation of “You’re My Hero!” titles to the USO. “Daddy, You’re My Hero!’ and “Mommy, You’re My Hero!” are the first children’s picture books to help children coping with deployment of a parent.

“We have been making donations to FRGs and other military organizations since the books were first published,” said author Michelle Ferguson-Cohen. “It is exciting to find a partner like First Book who shares in our mission to get books in the hands of children who so desperately need them.”

The first donations will be made to the USO of Metropolitan Washington for its Deployed Family Fun Day. The free event will take place on May 30, 2009 at Fort Meade help support families coping with deployment as part of the USO’s mission to “Serve those who serve, and their families.”

About Books for Brats and Little Redhaired Girl Publishing
Little Redhaired Girl Publishing is home to the first book series for children of military personnel, Books for BratsTM. “Daddy, You’re My Hero!” and “Mommy, You’re My Hero!” two titles from the series published in 2001 are the first children’s picture books for children coping with deployment of a parent. Acclaimed by educators and childcare professionals, the books have been used as therapeutic and educational tools around the world. Both titles are written and illustrated by Michelle Ferguson-Cohen, a self-professed military “brat” and the child of a career Army officer and Vietnam Veteran. To learn more about Books for Brats TM go to www.BooksforBrats.com.

About First Book
First Book provides new books to children in need addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy – access to books. An innovative leader in social enterprise, First Book has distributed more than 65 million free and low cost books in thousands of communities. To learn more about First Book, please visit www.FirstBook.org.

About USO of Metropolitan Washington
USO-Metro is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and receives no federal, state or local government funding. Our mission is “Serving those who serve…and their families” in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia. It is through the generous financial support of individuals and organizations in the local community that USO-Metro is able to fulfill its mission. With the help of over 2,000 dedicated USO volunteers USO-Metro provides programs and services for active duty troops and their families at the area’s military hospitals; through their Mobile USO program; at six USO family support centers and four USO airport lounges strategically located throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. For more information please visit www.usometro.org.

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