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Read to Achieve StoryLine

The Orlando Magic has launched the "Orlando Magic Read to Achieve Storyline" where children are encouraged to call to hear a recording of a Magic personality reading a book each month.

August Story: Dwight Howard reads Duck and Goose, written by Tad Hills and published by Schwartz and Wade Books. Also, Joey Colon reads Alexander Y El Dia Terrible, Horrible, Espantoso, Horroroso, by Juidth Viorst and published by Libros Colibri.

In any county, you may call:

407-916-4ABC or 888-NBA-READ


Previously Read Storyline Books
July Story: Jameer Nelson eloquently reads Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, written by Judith Viorst and published by Aladdin Paperbacks. Also, Joey Colon reads Jorge el Curioso, written by H.A. Rey and published by Houghton Miflin Company.
June Story: Tony Battie reads, If you give a Moose a Muffin, by Laura Joffe Numeroff, and published by Harper Collins. Also, Joey Colon reads La Isla, written by Arthur Dorros, and published by Puffin Books.
May Story: Bo Outlaw read Three Cheers for Tacky, written by Helen Lester, and published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Also, Joey Colon read Abuela, written by Arthur Dorros, and published by Puffin Books.
April Story: Pat Garrity read Olivia, written by Ian Falconer, and published by Atheneum Books. Also, Joey Colon read El Nabo Gigante, written by Aleksie Tolstoy and Niamh Sharkey, and published by Barefoot Books en Espanol.
March Story: Dee Brown read The Haunted House of Ponce de Leon, a Legend from Puerto Rico, from An Illustrated Treasury of Latino Read-Aloud Books, and published by Black Dog and Leventhal. Also, Carlos Arroyo read La Casa Encantada de Ponce de Leon, una Legende de Puerto Rico, from An Illustrated Treasury of Latino Read-Aloud Books, and published by Black Dog and Leventhal.
February Story: Dwight Howard read A Sweet Smell of Roses, written by Angela Johnson, and published by Simon and Schuster. Also, Joey Colon read Oh, cuán lejos llegarás!, written by Dr. Seuss and published by Lectorum.
January Story: Tony Battie read Thank You, Dr. King, written by Robin Reid and published by Simon Spotlight. Also, Joey Colon read La Cucarachita Martina, written by Marta Barros Loubriel and published by Black Dog & Leventhal.
December Story: Dwight Howard read Good Morning, Good Night, written by Laurie Young, and published by Piggy Toes Press. Joey Colon read the Spanish version, Buenos Dias, Buenos Noches.
November Story: Travis Diener read Tar Beach, written by Faith Ringgold and published by Crown Publishers. Joey Colon read Auturo Y El Negocio De Mascotas, written by Marc Brown and published by Lectorum.
October Story: Steve Francis read John, the Silly Boy, from An Illustrated Treasury of Latino Read-Aloud Stories, edited by Maite Suarez-Rivas, published by Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers. Maria Isabel Hernandez from Telemundo Orlando read Juan Bobo, el rico, from An Illustrated Treasury of Latino Read-Aloud Stories, edited by Maite Suarez-Rivas, published by Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers
September 2005: Brian Hill read Love You Forever, by Robert Munsch, published by Firefly Books. Joey Colon read Boomer va a la escuela, by Constance McGeorge, published by Chronicle Books.
August 2005: Keyon Dooling read I Knew You Could, by Craig Dorfman, published by Platt & Munk. Joey Colon read El Loro Tico Tango, by Anne Witte, published by Barefoot Books.
July 2005: Magic Dancer Hope read Peter Pan, adapted by Eugene Bradley Coco, and published by Golden Books. Joey Colon readOso pardo, oso pardo, ¿qué ves ahí?, written by Bill Martin Jr., and published by Henry Holt.
June 2005: Grant Hill read Curious George Gets a Medal, written by H. A. Rey, and published by Houghton Mifflin. Joey Colon read Un Beso en Mi Mano, written by Audrey Penn, and published by Child and Family Press.
May 2005: Magic Dancer Deanna read Pete’s A Pizza,written by William Steig, and published by Scholastic. Joey Colon read El Día Que Apareció La Oveja, written by David McPhail, and published by Scholastic.
April 2005: Pat Garrity read Clifford goes to Hollywood, written by Norman Bridwell, and published by Scholastic. In Spanish, Joey Colon read the conclusion of El Rey Leon, written by Disney Enterprises, and published by Brimar Publishing.
March 2005: Brandon Hunter read Franklin goes to School, written by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark, and published by Scholastic. In Spanish, Joey Colon read the first half of El Rey Leon by Disney Enterprises, and published by Brimar Publishing.
Feb. 2005: Tony Battie read A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman, written by David Adler and published by Holiday House. Joey Colon read the conclusion of Pato para Presidente, written by Doreen Cronin and published by Lectorum.
Jan. 2005: Dwight Howard read Martin’s Big Words, written by Doreen Rappaport, and published by Scholastic. Joey Colon read the first half of Pato para Presidente, written by Doreen Cronin, and published by Lectorum.
Dec. 2004: Michael Bradley read This House is Made of Mud,written by Ken Buchanan, and published by Rising Moon. Joey Colon read the Spanish version, Esta Casa está Hecha de Lodo (English & Spanish text in the book).
Nov. 2004: Dwight Howard read The Little Engine that Could, written by Watty Piper, and published by Weekly Reader Books. Joey Colon read Franklin en la Oscuridad written by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark, and published by Lectorum Publications.
Oct. 2004: Magic Dancer Vanessa read, in English & Spanish In My Family (En Mi Familia) written by Carmen Lomas Garza and published by Children’s Book Press.
Sept. 2004: Magic Spanish Radio Announcer Joey Colon read Cuando Sofia Se Enoja, Se Enoja De Veras written by Molly Bang and published by Scholastic.