Watch a RIF Book Distribution Come Alive

The Story of "RIF Day"
Michele Krueger, a California poet and mother, was inspired to write a poem called "RIF Day" when she first became the RIF coordinator at her daughter's elementary school. With these lively verses, Michele describes the fun and excitement that come with a RIF book distribution.

Michele originally envisioned "RIF Day" as a picture book, but a shortened version of the poem instead was made into a poster for Scholastic. Now, the poem is also available in video form. Below, you can see the video and read the poem.

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"RIF Day"
by Michele Krueger

Today is the day! It’s finally come!
So blow on your trumpet and beat on your drum! 

Make an announcement! Sky-write the news!
The books have arrived, and you get to choose!  

A tasty assortment, a scrumptious array,
a feast of good reading, today is RIF Day! 

Books as delicious as blueberry pie, covered with ice-cream two scoops high! 

Melt-in-your-mouth books, one-of-a-kind,
to nibble and taste with the tongue of your mind.

Books seem to whisper, like willowy trees-
Come sway in our branches, come dream in our leaves. 

Books take you on journeys where you’ve never been, just open their covers and let them begin! 

Amazing adventures, travels through time, historical fiction, hysterical rhyme, alphabet antics, and books that explore the way things are made and what friends are for. 

Books are like windows that let the breeze in, to freshen your feelings that lie deep within. 

A harvest of language like farmers you’ll reap, the fruits of the writers with thoughts you can keep. 

Not books to borrow, not books for loan,
Books you can treasure as your very own. 

Reading together on laps and in bed,
their music and magic will fill up your head. 

At bus-stops, or rooftops, or lawns in the park,
switch on your flashlight to read in the dark! 

Shake up the pom-poms, and shout out a cheer,
for books you can look at year after year! 

Ready the rockets, set off the fuse!
Today you decide on which book to choose!

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