This year, Cheerios™ is celebrating the 12th Anniversary of their commitment to literacy through programs like Cheerios Cheer On Reading and Spoonfuls of Stories™. What an amazing outreach to children program, so many lives are touched by this simple gesture.
Look for specially-marked packages of original Cheerios, Multi Grain Cheerios Peanut Butter, Chocolate Cheerios, and Apple Cinnamon Cheerios for in-pack storybooks for children ages 2 to 8 years-old, specially printed in both English and Spanish. This year’s book offerings from Cheerios – all by Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing – are:
- “That’s What I’d Do” by Jewel
- “Bear Says Thanks” by Karma Wilson
- “1-2-3 Peas” by Keith Baker
- “Chicks Run Wild” by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
- “Please, Baby Please” by Spike Lee & Tonya Lewis Lee
- …and returning favorite “Jump!” by Scott M. Fischer
The thing I like most about these boxes are that you can get a glimpse of what book you'll be getting before picking your box of cereal. This is great if you're trying to collect all of them!
The two books that came in our Cheerios boxes are shown above. I've also included an inside page from each book so you can see what the stories look like appearing in both English and Spanish. I think this is great for kids even at an early age so they can get the exposure. We even went to the Cheerios Book Activities website and printed off some of the corresponding book activities to carry on with the stories after reading them. I love being able to not only read a story with my daughter, but carry on the conversation after we are done and these activity sheets have definitely helped with that.
Disclosure: The information and prize pack have been provided by General Mills through Platefull Co-Op.
