Reach and Teach

Fully stocked on green lifestyle products, including the complete Produce Shopping Bag kit from Worthy Picks! https://shop.reachandteach.com/green-lifestyle-products

Reach and Teach presents "Raptors" featuring Makey Makey. You won't believe your eyes! (Come into our shop and check it out)

After a loooonggggg absence, we have Canaan Fair Trade Olive Oil (Nabali and Rumi), Freekeh, Za'atar, and Maftoul (Couscous) on our shelves! Nothing in the world like pita bread drizzled with olive oil, a little goat cheese, and Za'atar, briefly heated and ohhhhh my!

I can officially report that today's crowd at 144 W. 25th Avenue was the BIGGEST inauguration crowd ever on 25th Avenue in San Mateo. And everyone got to try our newest Raspberry Dark Chocolate Meltaway from Ethereal Confections

Geeks that we are, we spent a few hours this morning finding a way to show the inauguration in front of our store tomorrow. And... WE SUCCEEDED! We'll be here at the shop at 8:00ish outside, with samples of our BRAND NEW FAIR TRADE CHOCOLATE to welcome Joe and Kamala as President and Vice President!!! Warning: A Cardboard Box will be involved. (Geeks, of course).

Just FYI that Reach and Teach will be closed Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week for a brief time off but we'll be back on Thursday 1/14 and resume our regular hours Tuesday through Sunday 12pm to 4pm.

Holy Guacamole!!!! Is it almost Christmas and already Chanukah? Check out my latest knocknock.tv video on last minute gifts!

We're SOOOOO looking forward to having this book on our shelves! You can pre-order a copy from us now, signed if you please. Bruce Reyes-Chow is our pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto and we've learned so much from him since he came onboard that we know this book will make a difference in many lives and yes..... the world!

Getting ready for Thursday's live-stream of Gifts That Transform You And the World at 3pm! Join us live here: https://app.knocknock.tv/watch/reachandteach

Check! One of the items on my to-do-list has been to put all of the wonderful Free Spirit books on one page. Social-emotional learning, dealing with tough issues, being yourself and standing up for what's fair.... these are all covered in these great books from one of our favorite publishers!

In case you need teddy bear therapy, we have an Alpaca Bear in the shop that you can hold and carry. Come on in if you could use a few minutes of peace.

Uncle: "My niece is fascinated by science. I want to get her something, but not a toy, something that will really engage her for a long time." Oh yeah. We got that! https://shop.reachandteach.com/product/duo-scope-microscope

Parent of a kid on the spectrum: "Do you guys sell Klask?" Me: "What's Klask?" Him: "Oh, let me show you!" So.... now his kid has Klask and so do we! Amazon is currently sold out but you can get one with us!

Just finished my second Livestream, books about people who persisted! You can watch the recording (15 minutes) here: https://app.knocknock.tv/watch/reachandteach

Hey friends.... Tomorrow (Thursday) at 3pm I'll be doing a livestream on knocknock.tv to share some wonderful books about people who persisted! I promise you'll learn about people you may never have heard of. 15 minutes of books about people who changed the world.

As part of my preparations for today's livestream (3pm Pacific) of our first Knocknock.tv video, Books That Represent, I pulled together a web page talking about diversity in books and a woman who truly inspires us, Mildred Pitts Walter. Check it out!

Grandparent looking for gifts "I've got a crafty kid. Do you have anything for artists?" Yup! Lots!! https://shop.reachandteach.com/creative-and-artistic-produc (And..... cool news is that they come from a company that was featured in Michael Moore's movie because of how great they are to their employees and the environment.)

The Jane Addams Peace Association is one of my go-to-places for discovering the best books on the planet. Check out this upcoming webinar.

We're starting something new on Tuesday, Livestreams right from the store. Check out the story and join us!! https://mailchi.mp//new-weekly-livestream-events-plus-10-g

Well, this is a first for us. 1 Star (bad) review from someone who calls themselves "No No."

Happy (almost) Halloween... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7HrwsWySXg (Our music box plays theme from the Haunted Mansion)

We've been waiting for the big day and it is finally here! Julian At the Wedding has arrived.

We had a great conversation with Innosanto Nagara about his new book, Oh, the Things We're For! today and recorded it for folks who couldn't be there live. If you missed it, you can watch it here: https://youtu.be/nyY-SmOBiWM Check it out and please share !

For those who missed the Zoom conversation with Innosanto Nagara, author of A is for Activist and his new book Oh, the things we're for, you can view the interview by Craig Wiesner at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyY-SmOBiWM

There's still time to register for our Zoom conversation with Innosanto Nagara on Friday at 9:00am PDT at bit.ly/zoominno . Hope you can come!

Working on the web site today and it struck me.... What happens if you add a Pinbox 3000 DIY pinball machine making kit with Makey Makey, an invention kit that lets you create incredible technology interfaces with things like.... bananas? Hours of STEM learning and fun! https://shop.reachandteach.com//pinbox-3000-pinball-machin