Lisa Low Cadow is the founder and chief chef of Vermont Crepes & Waffle, (www.vermontcrepeandwaffle.com) a restaurant cart serving delicious French crepes and Vermont waffles, and a Health Coach at Dartmouth Health Connect. When not enjoying her home in France, she lives in Vermont with her husband, three children (when they are home from college), a few cats and a young dog. ************************************** J Lisa Christie is the founder/first Executive Director of Everybody Wins! Vermont and a former Executive Director of Everybody Wins! USA, literacy programs that help children love books (www.everybodywins.org). She currently works as a non-profit consultant and graduate student. She lives in Vermont with her husband, two young sons and a very large Bernese Mtn. Dog and dreams of owning a home in Spain.
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Both Lisas are avid readers (you can ask our kids who have trouble getting our attention) and promise they personally read any book they recommend.
The view from a small town in Vermont onto the wide world of books where we put the right book in the right hands at the right time.
Through literature and our unique live events — 1) Pages in the Pub, a program bringing disparate communities together around books and 2) BOOK BUZZ, our literacy program for K-12 schools — the Book Jam creates communities. We provide virtual and physical spaces where people can safely discuss difficult issues. Using books, our programs help educate people about important events in their lives and in the lives of others. We build empathy, an essential aspect of healthy communities through discussions about great literature. We increase literacy. And, we draw attention to the wonderful roles of libraries and independent bookstores throughout the world.
WHO WE ARE…
The Book Jam Lisas are two women passionate about reading and sharing our literary discoveries. While we live in the woods, we can spot a great book, especially with the steady stream of excellent suggestions from the indie booksellers up here in Vermont.
WHAT THIS BLOG DOES FOR YOU…
If you’ve got reader’s block – also known as being in a “book jam” – this blog will help. Through posts organized around specific themes and our live events, we open the world of books to you by highlighting books you didn’t even know you needed. If you have issues you need help exploring, this blog will help. If you need to know there are others in the world who feel as you do, this blog will help. We honestly rest easier knowing that you have the right book on your bedside table each night providing whatever it is you need.
Everything we recommend has been personally read and reviewed by one of us – all the way up here in the Green Mountain State.
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