Welcome to the website honoring Cameron Averitt Bobbitt. 
Cameron was an amazing little girl who died on January 19, 2006. She was truly one of the most precious people to ever walk this earth. As her parents, we will never be able to express the loss we feel now that Cameron is gone.
Even though Cameron was only five years old when she died, she loved to read books and share them with others. In December 2006, the family and friends of Cameron started a book club in her honor. This book club was inspired by her grandmother, who is a reading specialist.
We initially received over 200 books just by word of mouth. On the one year anniversary of Cameron’s death, we personally donated many of these books to schools, hospitals, libraries, and medical clinics. Many people from places that received books collected new books and sent them to us. This has allowed us to continue to provide books for children who otherwise might not have them. It is our hope that in receiving these books, children will share in the legacy of the joy of reading the way that Cameron did.
If you would like to help continue the book club, you are welcome to participate. Please purchase a book appropriate for a child of any age and send it directly to Cameron’s parents, Susan Averitt and Derrick Bobbitt.
If you or someone you know needs children’s books, please let us know. We would love to provide books to schools, clinics, churches, or other organizations that involve children. Reading with children is a way to help them learn to read, discover lessons about life, and feel loved.
Thank you so much for your interest in the book club. Enjoy your reading!
Sincerely,
Susan and Derrick Bobbitt
August 2nd, 2007 by GrAnn-Ma
Don’t forget about writing! It’s the other side of the reading coin. After all, they’re really the same thing–communicating through print! Your child will learn to read much faster if she is exploring writing at the same time. Writing is actually a much easier form of print to use when learning. This is because the writer already knows the message (It’s her own!) and because it slows the process down, allowing for analysis. So let your child write, write write! This can take the form of pretend writing or co-construction in which you help with the hard parts. It can be a “story” (one sentence long) about something on the child’s mind or a letter to someone special (like Grandma?). Be sure to make it fun. You will be amazed at how learning to write will help her learn to read.
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