April 1, 2011
For the 18th straight year the Indiana Pacers have teamed up with the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library to present Call-A-Pacer, which is presented by Stanley Security Solutions.
Call-A-Pacer allows callers to listen to featured Pacers' players read part of a children’s story. Fans of all ages can call (317) 275-4444 or log on to Pacers.com to hear members of the Indiana Pacers read pre-selected children's stories. Fans can also visit their local library and receive an autographed photo of that week’s featured player. The phone lines are open 24 hours, and may be accessed by up to four listeners at a time.
In addition to the Pacers players, other VIPs participating in the program include: former Pacers great Darnell Hillman, Trisha Shepherd of WRTV, Jeremiah Johnson of FOX 59, Scott Swan of WTHR, Ashley Adamson of WISH and Terri Stacy of WIBC.
The Call-A-Pacer program is part of Pacers Cares and was created to encourage school-age children to read and visit their neighborhood library. All stories will run for one week beginning April 4, 2011 and will conclude the week of June 20, 2011. The schedule is as follows:
Book Featured Reader Week
Giraffes Can’t Dance Dahntay Jones April 4, 2011by Giles Andreae
Bubba and Beau Best Friends Darren Collison April 11, 2011by Kathi Appelt
I Am Not Going To Get Up Today Josh McRoberts April 18, 2011by Dr. Seuss
I Can Be Anything A.J. Price April 25, 2011by Jerry Spinelli
Chicken Little Tyler Hansbrough May 2, 2011by Rebecca Emberley and Ed Emberley
I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly Roy Hibbert May 9, 2011by Nadine Bernard Westcott
Marvin K. Mooney will you Please Go Now! James Posey May 16, 2011by Dr. Seuss
No Pease for Nellie Danny Granger May 23, 2011by Chris Demarest
Snow Bears Brandon Rush May 30, 2011by Martin Waddell
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Jeff Foster June 6, 2011by Mo Willems
Trucks Whizz! Zoom! Rumble! Paul George June 13, 2011by Patricia Hubbell
T is for Terrible Mike Dunleavy June 20, 2011by Peter McCarty
Firehouse Dog Rita Burris by Amy and Richard Hutchings
If I Could Drive a Fire Truck JT Burris by Michael Teitelbaum
10 Step Guide to Living with Your Monster Terri Stacy by Laura Numeroff
Giggle, Giggle, Quack Darnell Hillman by Doreen Cronin
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? Teresa Meredith by Dr. Seuss
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Stacy Hanks by Judi Barrett
Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog? Trisha Shepherd by Dr. Seuss
Aliens Love Underpants Jeremiah Johnson by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort
Hooper Humperdink…? Not Him! Scott Swan by Dr. Seuss