A lovely tribute to Ripple Grove Press in Chicago Review Press’s newsletter:
Chicago Review Press Acquires Ripple Grove Press
Well, a little news on the picture book front: Chicago Review Press has acquired Ripple Grove Press, meaning Salad Pie has a new home. Ripple Grove Press was started by Rob and Amanda Broder, and Salad Pie was the fourth title they published. They’ve made some beautiful books, and it’s sad to see them close their doors. By selling RGP to CRP, the books get to remain on the shelves.
Cheers to Ripple Grove Press
Ripple Grove Press, the publisher of Salad Pie, is celebrating five years of publishing children’s books. Congratulations, RGP! You can see their latest catalogue by clicking on the illustration below.
Publisher's Weekly Star Watch
Congratulations to Rob and Amanda Broder, cofounders of Ripple Grove Press (and publishers of SALAD PIE), for being named 2019 honorees by the PW Star Watch jury for “blazing trails and doing innovative work” in the publishing industry!
Read more on the Publishers Weekly site.
Ripple Grove's Ripple Effect
Ripple Grove Press is having a book drive. From their website:
We started Ripple Grove Press to bring beautiful and timeless books to life. But we also want to make a difference in the lives of children. So we are teaming up with the Children’s Book Bank (CBB) in Portland, OR to start a book donation drive called “The Ripple Effect.” We want to put a book in every young child's hands. The Children’s Book Bank makes that possible.
They reach low-income neighborhoods, where the ratio of books to children is one book for every 300 children, far below the ratio of 13 books per child in middle-income neighborhoods. The Children's Book Bank closes this book gap by gathering tens of thousands of new and gently-used books from the community each year and engaging hundreds of volunteers to help clean, sort, and distribute the books to low-income children, free of charge. Since 2008, The Children’s Book Bank has delivered over 510,000 books to over 41,000 local children in need, giving these kids tools to develop the language skills they need to become future readers, learners, and citizens. We want this reach to go as far as possible.
For every Ripple Grove Press book bought and sent to us for CBB in the month of March, we'll match it, and for every dozen new or used books donated (not an RGP book) we’ll add a new RGP book. Hardcover or softcover. One book or 100. We’ll find a new home for your books.
Please help us by sending children’s picture books to:
Ripple Grove Press
PO Box 86740
Portland, OR 97286
For more information on how to help and donate, please visit: www.RippleGrovePress.com
For more information on CBB visit www.childrensbookbank.org.