Images from Random House Children’s Books

By Beth Pellicciotti, Civic Education Portfolio Director, LWVWA

Laura Milner, chair of Voter Services for the LWV of Kittitas County, created a unique partnership involving the Kittitas League, a local bookstore, the Ellensburg Morning Rotary, and their Little Free Libraries. Through this partnership, copies of One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote are being distributed to neighborhood children across Ellensburg.

Example bookplate placed inside each book before distribution.

The book, part of the Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library Book series, is written in simple rhyme and introduces children to the idea of voting—it now includes 16 bonus pages of kid-friendly voting activities.

Jerrol's, an Ellensburg bookstore, subsidized the purchase of 30 copies of this election book for kids with funding from the Kittitas League. Milner, a member of both the League and the Rotary, proposed to the Rotary Literacy Committee that they distribute this book through their own Little Free Library (take a book, share a book) and the public mobile library. Both organizations reach out with children’s books to underserved neighborhoods.

This is a great example of civic education for children made possible through League support and partnerships with community-based organizations. This project was also featured in an article in the Ellensburg Daily Record. Thank you, Laura Milner! For more information on this partnership, contact Laura Milner, LWV of Kittitas County.

LWV of Kittitas County Voter Services Chair Laura Milner, in suffragette outfit, poses with copies of One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote.