(Naples, FL) – As a way to stimulate learning throughout the summer, Usborne Books & More (UBAH) is hosting an online summer book fair to grow Youth Haven’s literary library for the young children residing in their Emergency Shelter.

Now through August 20th, 2010, supporters can log on to www.ReadingFun4Kids.com to access Youth Haven’s wish list of award winning Usborne books representing a wide range of subjects for school-age children including history, science, nature, foreign languages and much, much more.  Books range in cost from $3.99 and up and will be shipped directly to Youth Haven’s children on the shopper’s behalf. Supporters can also log on to Youth Haven’s website, www.youthhaven.net, for more information and to be directed to the online book fair.

“When children read, they succeed,” said Youth Haven’s Chief Executive Officer, Ron McSwiney. “Even though our children are enjoying a much deserved summer break from school, learning does not take a hiatus at Youth Haven. We believe in inspiring young imaginations year round and there’s no better way to do that than through the wonders of books.”

Usborne Books is a division of Educational Development Corporation (EDC), a well-established company that has twice been recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of The 200 Best Small Companies in America and three times by Fortune Magazine as one of America’s 100 Fastest Growing Small Companies. EDC offers over 1,300 titles of award winning Usborne books of unsurpassed quality with fiction represented in early readers through chapter books and classics and are widely sought after by educators, parents, and children alike.

For more information, please contact Jamie Gregor at Youth Haven, (239) 687-5153 or jamie.gregor@youthhaven.net or Usborne’s local Educational Consultant, Natalie Moffitt, at (239) 293-2580 or njmoffitt@aol.com.

Youth Haven is Collier County’s only emergency shelter for severely traumatized abused, abandoned, and neglected children as well as the sole provider of an array of successful home and community-based parenting education, child abuse and homelessness prevention, crisis intervention, and family support programs. On-site behavioral counseling is also provided to all children in residence and children and families in the community on an outpatient basis in need of psychological and psychiatric care through the organization’s Children & Family Counseling Center. Youth Haven provides services to more than 1,600 children and family members annually, is a COA nationally accredited organization, a member agency of the United Way of Collier County, and has been in continuous operation since 1972. For more information, visit www.youthhaven.net.