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Jan
Will the kids love it? McDonald's swaps Happy Meal toys for books - latimes.com
“After a successful pilot program, McDonald’s has pledged to distribute 15 million books in England over the next two years. In its Happy Meals. Instead of toys.”
Then they call toys “brightly-colored plastic gee-gaws.”
SO COOL though. Do you think it would work in the U.S.? (via Penguin Press)
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OK this makes me ridiculously happy. Can we get this
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is this applicable to other countries too or its only to England?
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I had heard about this (British) Happy Meal change from NPR Books’ Facebook fanpage, which also shared the Guardian...
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