Kareem shares his book with Jonathan Paz at Andrew Air Force Base, Maryland.
The Skyhook Foundation has recently partnered with RIF (Reading Is Fundamental), the largest children’s literacy organization in the U.S. to inspire military children and families to read and achieve through a series of reading celebrations with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at RIF sites across the U.S . During the events, Kareem shares his life experiences and insights from his new children’s book “Sasquatch in the Paint”. We are grateful to Skyhook Foundation and its lead ambassador, Kareem Abdu-Jabbar, for writing powerful stories that explore important subjects such as STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) and real-life situations such as friendship and peer-pressure, inspiring the next generation of inventors and leaders,” said Carol H. Rasco, president and CEO of RIF.
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) delivers free books and literacy resources to children and families in underserved communities in the United States. By giving children the opportunity to own a book, RIF inspires them to become lifelong readers and achieve their full potential. As the nation’s largest children’s literacy nonprofit, RIF has placed 410 million books in the hands of more than 39 million children since it was established in 1966. Learn more and help RIF provide books to kids who need them most, visit opens in a new windowRIF.org. Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) is the largest children’s literacy nonprofit in the United States. They prepare and motivate children to read by delivering free books and literacy resources to those children and families who need them most. RIF provides new, free books for children to promote the importance of literacy in communities across the US.
