Students at six Hawthorne elementary schools are diving into reading, reading and more reading as they begin a three-week Jester & Pharley Phund Read-A-Thon to benefit their community.
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Classmates at Golden View Elementary in Huntington Beach, CA, enthusiastically celebrate student winners at a “Reading Makes a Difference” Jester Awards Assembly in the Ocean View School District.
The Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation and F&M Bank branch offices in Redondo Beach and Rolling Hills Estates joined hands to support The Jester & Pharley Phund’s project to reprint the bilingual English/Spanish edition of The Jester Has Lost His Jingle/El Bufón ha perdido su gracia children’s book. David Saltzman’s N.Y. Times best-seller is the
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Recalling a Magical Moment By Barbara Saltzman (The Jester’s Mom) I remember so well joining the great actor Ed Asner on stage at the L.A. Sports Arena to bring The Jester Has Lost His Jingle to life before thousands of students over two decades ago. The late Ed Asner was magical. The seemingly gruff star of
Inspired by award-winning book, The Jester & Pharley Phund brings smiles to children coping with serious illness. David Saltzman wrote and illustrated The Jester Has Lost His Jingle during his senior year
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This dedicated young reader from 32nd Street Elementary and her fellow students read thousands of pages during the Jester Read-A-Thon at their outstanding school. Orthopaedic Institute for Children patients received copies of the uplifting The Jester Has Lost His Jingle book and Jester & Pharley Dolls as a result of their hard work, effort and
Turning around to see 891 students, teachers and administrators at Jefferson Elementary School in Compton, CA, sing “Happy Birthday” to me a few years ago lit up my sky. But then came the Roman candles. These dedicated students – 87% of whom are on the government-assisted lunch program – gave The Jester & Pharley Phund a check for $669 to give Jester books and dolls to hospitalized children.
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