NJN's Celebrity Bookshelf
Online Auction on www.njn.net

STATEWIDE - Find the perfect gift for your child, grandchild, niece, nephew, godchild or library by visiting NJN's Celebrity Bookshelf Auction online at www.njn.net. The Celebrity Bookshelf Auction features a unique collection of beloved children's books signed by entertainers, community leaders and personalities from the arts, literature, politics, sports and business. The signed books are available for members and other NJN supporters for bidding from June 2 to June 10. Proceeds from the Auction will be used to support NJN's literacy outreach efforts to help children learn to read.

Celebrities include Wally Amos (founder of Famous Amos Cookies and author and national spokesperson for Literacy Volunteers of America); Bill Bradley, Yogi Berra, Brendan Byrne (former NJ governor); Joyce Carol Oates (author), James Cramer and Lawrence Kudlow (co-hosts of CNBC's Kudlow and Cramer show); Roberta Flack (singer/songwriter); Wynton Marsalis (jazz musician and composer, and artistic director, Jazz at Lincoln Center) and Jennifer Morgan (author/educator).

Click on "bid on this item" to reach a form to fill out on-line with your name, address and phone number. Online bidding closes noon on June 10. To continue bidding on these items during the afternoon and the evening of June 10, interested individuals can call the auction hotline listed on the website. Bids will be accepted by phone and in person at the NJN Gala until 8:45 pm. The highest bidders will be announced at the NJN Gala the evening of June 10.