Thank You!
From all of us on the Delray Reads Day committee, thank you for
supporting the Delray Beach Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
We will see you again for Delray Reads Day 2018!
supporting the Delray Beach Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
We will see you again for Delray Reads Day 2018!
Featured Book
This year's Delray Reads Day book was Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie. Thunder Boy Jr. is named after his dad, but he wants a name that’s all his own. Just because people call his dad Big Thunder doesn’t mean he wants to be Little Thunder. He wants a name that celebrates something cool he’s done, like Touch the Clouds, Not Afraid of Ten Thousand Teeth, or Full of Wonder.
But just when Thunder Boy Jr. thinks all hope is lost, he and his dad pick the perfect name…a name that is sure to light up the sky.
National Book Award-winner Sherman Alexie’s lyrical text and Caldecott Honor-winner Yuyi Morales’s striking and beautiful illustrations celebrate the special relationship between father and son.
But just when Thunder Boy Jr. thinks all hope is lost, he and his dad pick the perfect name…a name that is sure to light up the sky.
National Book Award-winner Sherman Alexie’s lyrical text and Caldecott Honor-winner Yuyi Morales’s striking and beautiful illustrations celebrate the special relationship between father and son.
Keynote Speaker
Former NFL player and Hall of Famer Dwight Stephenson has helped generate millions of dollars that went back into the South Florida community and economy by building his business and with philanthropic endeavors through his community foundation. A member of the Miami Dolphins from 1980 to 1987, Stephenson was inducted into the National Football League Hall of Fame in 1998 and was the recipient of the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award in 1985, in large part due to his outstanding community service efforts. In 1999, he was ranked number 84 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players.
Stephenson has always served as a mentor in the community, believing in education and the importance of providing the necessary tools for children in need to learn. With that in mind, he created Dwight's Computers for Kids Program to ensure that thousands of children from low-income families in South Florida have a computer to assist in their education. Stephenson joined a distinguished list when he was selected as the 2005 Walter Camp Foundation Man of the Year. The award honors an individual who has been closely associated with the game of football as a player, coach, or close attendant to the game.
In 2007, Dwight and his wife Dinah co-founded the Dwight Stephenson Foundation, whose mission is to bring together the sports and business communities in an effort to generate increased funding for charities that provide educational, health, and human services to support the needs of children and families. Organizations served by the foundation include:
Stephenson has always served as a mentor in the community, believing in education and the importance of providing the necessary tools for children in need to learn. With that in mind, he created Dwight's Computers for Kids Program to ensure that thousands of children from low-income families in South Florida have a computer to assist in their education. Stephenson joined a distinguished list when he was selected as the 2005 Walter Camp Foundation Man of the Year. The award honors an individual who has been closely associated with the game of football as a player, coach, or close attendant to the game.
In 2007, Dwight and his wife Dinah co-founded the Dwight Stephenson Foundation, whose mission is to bring together the sports and business communities in an effort to generate increased funding for charities that provide educational, health, and human services to support the needs of children and families. Organizations served by the foundation include:
- American Diabetes Association
- Association for Better Child Care Development and Education
- Boys and Girls Club of Broward County
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Florida
- United Cerebral Palsy
- Urban League of Broward County
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