New York, NY, December 5, 2010—Day By Day Entertainment’s award-winning graphic novelist Percy Carey announced today that he has joined the 2010 Adopt-A-School program, an initiative of the Association of American Publishers (AAP). The week-long event, staged in cooperation with the New York City Department of Education and the Children’s Book Council, matches authors and celebrated personalities with New York City public schools during the week of December 6-10. The goal of the event is to inspire a love of books and reading in students.
“It’s a great honor to be a part of the Adopt-a-School program. I hope my participation inspire others to support this wonderful program.” says Carey.
Mr. Carey will be reading from his graphic novel, SENTENCES: THE LIFE OF MF GRIMM, to seventh and eighth graders at IS347 School of Humanities in Brooklyn. The book’s publisher, Random House, has donated 40 copies of Mr. Carey’s book to the students of IS347, as well as copies of a guide to comic book design.
If you would like more information about Percy Carey or Day By Day Entertainment, please contact TKeyFye@gmail.com. If you would like more information about the Adopt-a-School program, please contact Becca Worthington at bworthington@publishers.org.
Thank you Mr Carey for all of what you do to help society and hip-hop. I think its beautiful how successful you are now. To me you are like a father-figure the way you teach us the lessons you have learned in the past, and also the way you promote a positive future to people who need hope. You have inspired me to make permanent changes in my life through better understanding of what is important to myself and those i love.
Aaron,
Thank you.
Percy
You are real Grimm. As teenager in high school myself (junior), I sincerely appreciate the love you show to the youth. Not only are you hard, you hard for the right reasons. I don’t know of any other (ex)-gangster rappers spitting for good, only for more hatred. You spit the truth, even if it is ugly. That is real. Period..
Great story! Wonderful to see how people can turn a turbulent past, into a victorious present, and a hopeful future. The wonderful part is that, not only did Mr. Carey turn over a new leaf on life, but is providing an example of conquering life’s roadblocks to our inner-city youth. “You can’t direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.” – Anonymous. Thanks Percy for your servant’s heart and investing your time & essence in these kids. A wonderful post to read indeed! Big ups MF GRIMM!