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M+B Birthday Party
Bring the Milk + Bookies model right into your own home (or party location).

Milk + Bookies offers the M+B BIRTHDAY PARTY for parents looking for an alternative for their child’s special day.

This is a wonderful way to celebrate with family and give back.

Your child will most likely be getting gifts from grandparents and other family and friends, but if you are not interested in gaining 30 new toys (that they may not need) and if you want to expose your child and their friends to an experience where they can help other children just like them, then this is the project for you.

Here are the easy steps to get you on your way:

  • Go to COCODOT to choose your email-able Milk+Bookies invitation.
  • Ask your guests to bring new hardcover picture books in lieu of a gift for your child.
  • Order your BOOKIES BOX and we will help you find a recipient group for delivery of book donations. If this is challenging we recommend searching for Operation School Bell, Head Start or Boy and Girls Club of America in your area.
  • Make sure you can station an adult (grandparents and friends love to do this) at a small table equipped with crayons.
  • When your young guests arrive, give them the option of inscribing bookplates to adhere to their donation.
  • Once they have handed over the book, they get to proudly wear the “I DONATED” sticker throughout the party.
  • Click Here to order your “Bookies Box” filled with all of the materials you will need; bookplates, “I Donated” stickers, bookmarks and our “giving literature” so that parents can open the conversation about helping others and loving books.

    The M+B BIRTHDAY PARTY can be added to any kind of party; bowling, princess, a bounce house in the yard OR you can create an entire “STORYBOOK” theme with these suggestions:

    • Story Time – have an energetic friend read your child’s favorite book.
    • Milk + Cookies
    • order your cookies from Isabella’s Cookie Company, click on the COOKIE ABOVE

    • Costumed Characters: Peter Pan, Willie Wonka, Harry Potter, Fancy Nancy, Pippi Longstocking. (If you are in Los Angeles, you can hire the amazing characters we had at our Story Time Celebration by contacting Jonathan at jonathancastile@gmail.com
    • Theme food and games to match your reading choice – the possibilities are endless!
    • Blank books for children to write and draw their own story. We found great ones here: www.rompstore.com.