Loving the art in this new book we just ordered for our Birthday Books program: The Secret of the Magic Pearl by @elisa_sabatinelli and Iacopo Bruno What a dream come true to be able to buy such beautiful books for our local kids!!! ... See MoreSee Less
Find us THIS Saturday at the @artfactoryaptos Holiday Market selling postcards and @santacruzcoffee to raise money for our bookmobile!!! 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ... See MoreSee Less
The APTOSIA branded coffee benefiting LLCF is the perfect addition to this event! We are so looking forward to seeing our Aptosia neighbors at this community-building, festive event!
We just packed up 500 books to put in our little free libraries for the month! Lots of holiday titles and other fun stuff to keep kids busy reading during the break. Thanks to the volunteers who take care of these libraries for us each month! Take a look at our map to see where to find them: livelikecoco.com/library-map/... See MoreSee Less
Even a $5 donation gets us closer to our goal! Click on our Santa Cruz Gives campaign: conta.cc/49TjeiZ #GivingTuesday #santacruzgives ... See MoreSee Less
Kids need more access to books! That’s why our literacy foundation is teaming up with the public Watsonville Charter School Of The Arts to convert a commercial step-van to a beautiful mobile library.
Our volunteers will use it as an inviting outreach and delivery vehicle during summers and weekends, while the charter school — WHICH CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE A LIBRARY — will access it during the school year to get books to its students.
Read more about this super special project, and join our campaign, which runs until the New Year. Even a $5 donation will help us towards our goal!!!
@countyparkfriends, @americascoresbayarea, a little rain can’t stop us! We’re still doing soccer, book giveaways and art at the Pinto Lake County Park! There add even a (soggy) Turkey Trot ... See MoreSee Less
Live Like Coco is so excited to be part of Santa Cruz Gives! Along with other amazing nonprofits, we invite you to help us CATCH our BIG IDEA! Help Us Build a Bookmobile!!! Follow along, donate, and pass it along!
¡@live like coco está muy emocionada de ser parte De @scgives! Junto con otras increíbles organizaciones sin fines de lucro, te invitamos a ayudarnos a CAPTAR nuestra GRAN IDEA. Síguenos, dona, y pásalo.
These fundraisers make a difference for us! Even though we are an all-volunteer organization, getting a new book to a student costs about $5 and this year we are trying to serve nearly 8,000 students!
Thanks for spreading the word about our foundation — and our inspiration, Coco Lazenby ❤️ ... See MoreSee Less
A couple photos from our Big Book Day at @amestielementary Look at all those happy readers! Thank you @butterflybrarian for helping us get free new books to 500 students in a single morning! Phew! ... See MoreSee Less
Thank you @artfactoryaptos for hosting our #1000booksformaui drive! Thanks to so many generous donors and volunteers — including @orchardschoolaptos , @montessorisantacruz @santacruzchildrensschool Free Books For Kids we exceeded our goal, collecting more than 2500 books. Karmi Speece Ferguson is shipping 1000 off to displaced wildfire victims in Maui. We will use these additional books in Live Like Coco’s outreach programs for local kids! ... See MoreSee Less
From Counting in Community by Innosanto Nagara … thank you to all the wonderful volunteers and donors for making our #1000booksformaui a success! Longer post coming ... See MoreSee Less
Please join this special project Aloha! My cousin Karmi Ferguson grew up in Lahaina and proposed this special book drive to help children and families there. She is working with the Lahaina Co...
Would you like to buy a postcard of our new mosaic at the Aptos branch of the library? We have about 50 remaining -- you can buy them through our Square site
Thank you to Moira McFadden Lanyi for creating this beautiful design Beth Purcell for this amazing mosaic and Sean Lanyi for taking this stunning photograph. They all are at Arts Council Santa Cruz County Open Studios this weekend -- please go see and support their work! ... See MoreSee Less
We commissioned local artist Beth Purcell to make this mosaic as part of our sponsorship of the children's reading at the Aptos branch of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries. This project is in memory of ...
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I’ve got mine and my friend has hers also. Just beautiful love the whole vibe. 😊❤️
Just picked up these STUNNING postcards from the printer. This is our mosaic at the Aptos library! They will be on sale tomorrow at the Seacliff Street Fair. Pick up a few — and some Aptosia coffee from @santacruzcoffee ... See MoreSee Less
The pediatricians on Maui are super excited! There are still many young children not in school yet and the books are such a wonderful way for them to learn and stay engaged 🌺
More photos from our little free library installation at Alianza Charter School. Thank you to @pvloavesandfishes volunteers Rozene and Jim Enloe for building, painting and installing it! ... See MoreSee Less
What a day! This beautiful little free library was part of the @pvloavesandfishes auction. Live Like Coco Foundation bought it to donate to Alianza Charter School. Love this community of book lovers! ... See MoreSee Less
Beautiful day at Pinto Lake County Park! Giving out books, playing soccer, a nature hike and free burritos???? So cool! There’s still time to come see us! ... See MoreSee Less
We buy more than 500 every year for our in-school book programs! #BannedBooksWeekToday's #bannedbookweek recommendation is from Rachel, and she recommends the Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey. ... See MoreSee Less
Love the celebration of art and community in this book, Oye, Pared (Hey, Wall) which we are providing to @pajarovalleyusd students through a partnership with @countyparkfriends
I'm friendly with John Parra the illustrator. Is there some way he could be involved? I don't want to speak or or obligat him, but he is a mensch and I think would like to if schedule allows.
#BannedBooksWeek brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular. Learn More at loom.ly/82BhQhM #RightToRead #LetFreedomRead ... See MoreSee Less
Come to @artfactoryaptos on Sunday October 22 to drop off gently used children’s books for Maui! You’re invited to make a bookmark with Yvette! Please spread the word to your community ... See MoreSee Less
Today we officially added our 18th school to our in-school book outreach programs! Welcome @macquiddy_elementary to Birthday Books from Coco! This year, we will reach nearly 8,000 students with our in-school programs; nearly half are English learners and 72 percent qualify for free or reduced lunch. ... See MoreSee Less
We are in second place for most donors in Santa Cruz Gives! Thanks to everyone who has donated! Can you give just $5 and help us win the $1000 special prize! Click here: santacruzgives.org/nonprofit/livelikecoco/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Loving the art in this new book we just ordered for our Birthday Books program: The Secret of the Magic Pearl by @elisa_sabatinelli and Iacopo Bruno What a dream come true to be able to buy such beautiful books for our local kids!!! ... See MoreSee Less
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Find us THIS Saturday at the @artfactoryaptos Holiday Market selling postcards and @santacruzcoffee to raise money for our bookmobile!!! 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ... See MoreSee Less
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The APTOSIA branded coffee benefiting LLCF is the perfect addition to this event! We are so looking forward to seeing our Aptosia neighbors at this community-building, festive event!
We just packed up 500 books to put in our little free libraries for the month! Lots of holiday titles and other fun stuff to keep kids busy reading during the break. Thanks to the volunteers who take care of these libraries for us each month! Take a look at our map to see where to find them: livelikecoco.com/library-map/ ... See MoreSee Less
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That’s wonderful!! Thank you for all you do!
I’ve always wanted to add laundromats to our outreach!!! So much will be possible with our bookmobile ... See MoreSee Less
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Thank you to everyone who donated to our Santa Cruz Gives campaign to help us build a bookmobile!!!
We are in third place for most donors!!!
Help us get to first place and win an additional $1000!!! Campaign runs until New Year! Please share!!!
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Even a $5 donation gets us closer to our goal! Click on our Santa Cruz Gives campaign: conta.cc/49TjeiZ
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Thanks to all the volunteers and donors helping us get books to local kids! ... See MoreSee Less
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thankful for YOU!! <3
Read more about our @santacruzgives project at: santacruzgives.org/nonprofit/livelikecoco/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Thank you @cfsantacruzco for updating our impact profile! Check out our big dreams for 2024 (and how you can make them possible!) ... See MoreSee Less
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Kids need more access to books! That’s why our literacy foundation is teaming up with the public Watsonville Charter School Of The Arts to convert a commercial step-van to a beautiful mobile library.
Our volunteers will use it as an inviting outreach and delivery vehicle during summers and weekends, while the charter school — WHICH CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE A LIBRARY — will access it during the school year to get books to its students.
Read more about this super special project, and join our campaign, which runs until the New Year. Even a $5 donation will help us towards our goal!!!
WCSA Home & School Club, Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Santa Cruz Gives
santacruzgives.org/nonprofit/livelikecoco/ 😍🥰😘 ... See MoreSee Less
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This is wonderful!
We can wait!!! 🙌🏽✨🥳
Great idea!
@countyparkfriends, @americascoresbayarea, a little rain can’t stop us! We’re still doing soccer, book giveaways and art at the Pinto Lake County Park! There add even a (soggy) Turkey Trot ... See MoreSee Less
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Join Live Like Coco Foundation this Saturday at Pinto Lake County Park to get free books — plus sign up for a very special Turkey Trot! Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJ8yC2Mj6K01lNORrzHB-jEa_b8_iyxxJxC13TnyDUT4R2aA/viewform ... See MoreSee Less
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Life is weird sometimes. Happy to be spending it with these people Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes, Inc. Teen Kitchen Project County Park Friends Community Health Trust of Pajaro Valley Regeneration-Pájaro Valley Climate Action ... See MoreSee Less
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Live Like Coco is so excited to be part of Santa Cruz Gives! Along with other amazing nonprofits, we invite you to help us CATCH our BIG IDEA!
Help Us Build a Bookmobile!!!
Follow along, donate, and pass it along!
¡@live like coco está muy emocionada de ser parte De @scgives! Junto con otras increíbles organizaciones sin fines de lucro, te invitamos a ayudarnos a CAPTAR nuestra GRAN IDEA. Síguenos, dona, y pásalo.
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Love the unicorn’s gallop
This is amazing!
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A few photos from our recent Big Book Day at Freedom Elementary. We will be at @mintie_white next month! @pajarovalleyusd ... See MoreSee Less
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What’s this? A new little free library is stocked and ready for students at the PVUSD Family Engagement & Wellness Center ... See MoreSee Less
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Sooo wonderful🤗🤗!!!
Now there’s a library where you don’t have to sit down and shut!! Lol
These fundraisers make a difference for us! Even though we are an all-volunteer organization, getting a new book to a student costs about $5 and this year we are trying to serve nearly 8,000 students!
Thanks for spreading the word about our foundation — and our inspiration, Coco Lazenby ❤️ ... See MoreSee Less
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The best!The Little Free Library of the Day is this cat-tastic creation in Los Angeles, CA!
Find a Little Free Library near you by downloading their free mobile app: bit.ly/3Smu8FN ... See MoreSee Less
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Still out at Pinto Lake County park giving out free books to kids with @countyparkfriends @ecology_action and @americascoresbayarea
Thanks to volunteers: Allison Renda Jackie Medina, and Janet Bacon for making it happen! ... See MoreSee Less
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Love these thank you notes from Freedom Elementary students — especially this one! ... See MoreSee Less
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the best thank you note imaginable 😘❤️😘
Yes the perfect thank you ❤️
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T shirt design right there ..
Awww.. ❤️❤️❤️
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Just arrived at Freedom Elementary with more than 600 books to give sway to students today! #BigBookDay ... See MoreSee Less
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Thank you Kate Pavao for all the amazing work you do kids loved getting free books
Remembering every day but especially today #dayofthedead ... See MoreSee Less
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We keep her in our hearts and on our alter too💚
Sending so much love today and every day. ❤️
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Come by Jade St park and shop our haunted bookstore! We’re here until 4 with @countyparkfriends ... See MoreSee Less
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On our way over!
We missed you; but we got some books and treats ❤️
Cool to see local authors right here in Santa Cruz! Thanks @bookshopsc for bringing in @jeffkinneyofficial #nobrainer ... See MoreSee Less
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Thank you to the Aptos Times for featuring our little free library at a Alianza Charter School @pvloavesandfishes @pajarovalleyusd ... See MoreSee Less
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Getting together 200 spooky booooks for Saturday’s giveaway at Jade Street Park from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. with @countyparkfriends ... See MoreSee Less
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A couple photos from our Big Book Day at @amestielementary Look at all those happy readers! Thank you @butterflybrarian for helping us get free new books to 500 students in a single morning! Phew! ... See MoreSee Less
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Come see us Saturday for some booooooks 🎃 ... See MoreSee Less
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Thank you @artfactoryaptos for hosting our #1000booksformaui drive! Thanks to so many generous donors and volunteers — including @orchardschoolaptos , @montessorisantacruz @santacruzchildrensschool
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we exceeded our goal, collecting more than 2500 books. Karmi Speece Ferguson is shipping 1000 off to displaced wildfire victims in Maui. We will use these additional books in Live Like Coco’s outreach programs for local kids! ... See MoreSee Less
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Mahalo to the amazing Santa Cruz community for helping us reach this goal for the children of Lahaina 🌺
Good Job Karmi!!!!! Aunt C
From Counting in Community by Innosanto Nagara … thank you to all the wonderful volunteers and donors for making our #1000booksformaui a success! Longer post coming ... See MoreSee Less
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Come see us tonight at Soquel Elementary Home and School Club— we are already giving out free books!!!Mañana es el gran día! ... See MoreSee Less
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Join our newsletter list to find out what we're up to -- and how you can help us bring more books to kids who need them! ... See MoreSee Less
Book Drive for Maui: October 22
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Please join this special project Aloha! My cousin Karmi Ferguson grew up in Lahaina and proposed this special book drive to help children and families there. She is working with the Lahaina Co...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
THIS SUNDAY! Bring kids books or come by to see the new Art Factory Studios and make a bookmark! ... See MoreSee Less
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Aloha Kate, would you like a bag of MG & YA ARCs for Maui?
Would you like to buy a postcard of our new mosaic at the Aptos branch of the library? We have about 50 remaining -- you can buy them through our Square site
Thank you to Moira McFadden Lanyi for creating this beautiful design
Beth Purcell for this amazing mosaic
and Sean Lanyi for taking this stunning photograph. They all are at Arts Council Santa Cruz County Open Studios
this weekend -- please go see and support their work! ... See MoreSee Less
Love Is Why We Tell the Story Postcard | Live Like Coco Foundation
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We commissioned local artist Beth Purcell to make this mosaic as part of our sponsorship of the children's reading at the Aptos branch of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries. This project is in memory of ...2 CommentsComment on Facebook
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I’ve got mine and my friend has hers also. Just beautiful love the whole vibe. 😊❤️
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Just picked up these STUNNING postcards from the printer. This is our mosaic at the Aptos library! They will be on sale tomorrow at the Seacliff Street Fair. Pick up a few — and some Aptosia coffee from @santacruzcoffee ... See MoreSee Less
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Wow! So beautiful!
Really beautiful! 💕
Amazing!!! Love!
They are beautiful! ❤️
I love them! Can we buy them virtually???
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Wow! Those really are stunning!!
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Kate I have to buy them. Tell me how
This would be a great new sweatshirt design 💗
That is an amazing mosaic! I wish you every blessing.❤
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Beautiful 🌻
I hope you have a lot I have a feeling they are going to move quickly They are lovely 
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It’s Big Book Day at Amesti Elementary!! We’re giving out more than 509 books this morning!!! ... See MoreSee Less
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Thank you @montessorisantacruz for donating more than 100 picture books for our 1000 Books for Maui drive ... See MoreSee Less
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The pediatricians on Maui are super excited! There are still many young children not in school yet and the books are such a wonderful way for them to learn and stay engaged 🌺
There are more coming!! ♥️
More photos from our little free library installation at Alianza Charter School. Thank you to @pvloavesandfishes volunteers Rozene and Jim Enloe for building, painting and installing it! ... See MoreSee Less
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Cool things happening at Pajaro Valley Unified School District
What a day! This beautiful little free library was part of the @pvloavesandfishes auction. Live Like Coco Foundation bought it to donate to Alianza Charter School. Love this community of book lovers! ... See MoreSee Less
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Beautiful day at Pinto Lake County Park! Giving out books, playing soccer, a nature hike and free burritos???? So cool! There’s still time to come see us! ... See MoreSee Less
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We missed it today!
Wish I could join you today! Giving away free books is always so much fun. ♥️📚☀️
We buy more than 500 every year for our in-school book programs! #BannedBooksWeekToday's #bannedbookweek recommendation is from Rachel, and she recommends the Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey. ... See MoreSee Less
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Love the celebration of art and community in this book, Oye, Pared (Hey, Wall) which we are providing to @pajarovalleyusd students through a partnership with @countyparkfriends
You can hear it read aloud in Spanish here: youtube.com/watch?v=xzjIISwDFfU&feature=shared ... See MoreSee Less
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I'm friendly with John Parra the illustrator. Is there some way he could be involved? I don't want to speak or or obligat him, but he is a mensch and I think would like to if schedule allows.
#BannedBooksWeek brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular. Learn More at loom.ly/82BhQhM
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Come to @artfactoryaptos on Sunday October 22 to drop off gently used children’s books for Maui! You’re invited to make a bookmark with Yvette! Please spread the word to your community ... See MoreSee Less
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I can’t make it to this event (beautiful!!!). Is there a spot I could drop off books ahead of time?
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Exciting
Lulu Babette Marais Did you see this? Jack would probably love to go, right?
Emma Fiori Clare Brit Dom?
Thank you to the sponsors who each donated more than $2000 to our book programs:
George Archer Memorial Foundation, Watsonville Rotary Club @christiesrealestatesereno , @countyparkfriends @seacliffconstruction @carolines_nonprofit @fpycsummer ... See MoreSee Less
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Today we officially added our 18th school to our in-school book outreach programs! Welcome @macquiddy_elementary to Birthday Books from Coco! This year, we will reach nearly 8,000 students with our in-school programs; nearly half are English learners and 72 percent qualify for free or reduced lunch. ... See MoreSee Less
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Thank you for supporting our readers! 💚
On behalf of MacQuiddy school, thank you very much! ❤️❤️