DERT

DERT is a social enterprise that activates books into fundraising tools that raise money for literacy programs. Enjoy! We're glad you're here.

DERT's page seeks to connect with people who share a love for reading and are interested in various forms of culture. DERT recognizes the need for a more holistic approach to our understanding of the arts and humanities — in order to promote a new kind of "21st century literacy". By having a greater understanding of how our cultural heritage and contemporary forms of human expression conn

ect, each of us has the potential to form a broader understanding of our world. With this foundation, DERT hopes to help enable a shift in the focus of simply collecting knowledge, to fostering greater curiosity in each of us. DERT believes that cultivating a point of view, based on a broad understanding of our world, will give individuals a stronger foundation for learning, strengthening each of our own personal interests, and enabling us to be better collaborators. Our page seeks to provide our followers with daily inspiration on various topics. From literature to art, celebrating various forms of human expression and achievement. We provide features, a Word of The Day, book finds posts, and publish quotes from a variety of historic and contemporary individuals who have contributed to expanding the definition of literacy. We also hope to build a community and connect with our followers encouraging participation in the site. We feature a book selfie each day of our fans and are planning more dynamic projects that will encourage various forms of participation. Posting Policy: Posting Policy:Thank you for liking the official DERT page. We are committed to creating a community that encourages self-expression and mirrors the values of DERT including respect for the rights, dignity, and property of others. We ask all fans to do their part to help us achieve the goal. In doing that, we ask you not to post content that:

-is threatening, abusive, obscene, indecent, or objectionable.
-is deceptive, false, or misleading
-violates the intellectual property rights of other people
-is illegal
-references a third party website or is self-promoting spam
-is inappropriate, offensive, or hateful

We reserve the right to remove any content or block users that violate our community guidelines, or that we determine are otherwise offensive to our community. All content must also comply with Facebook's policies as well. We would be sorry to see you go, but if you change your mind and no longer want to like our page, please feel free to "unlike" our page.

05/09/2025

A great final critique event . Thanks to each of the students from as they showcased their final book projects for our Collab class, Design For Literacy. And an extra grateful cheer to each of our judges for providing invaluable feedback!

01/24/2025

A new semester begins at - looking forward to all the great books that will be created by each of the students in our Collab: Design For Literacy class!

01/27/2023

Our 1st day of class for the Spring term begins great group of design students starting on a new batch of baby board books! Looking forward to some great results!!

01/22/2023

Check this out… Robert Louis Stevenson’s Gothic novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Hyde is one of his most well known works. The story centers on the psychological duality of good and evil in human nature, inviting us to explore the ethics in the concept of a split personality.

DERT’s addition features the cover design artwork of Sonali Jain, a communication design student from New Delhi, India. Get yours at dertbook.com.

01/21/2023

Our Design For Literacy class, at Parsons School of Design begins this week. New crop of Parsons students jlin us in creating a new batch of children’s books!

A look at the collaborative course, Design For Literacy, developed by Marcos Chavez for Parsons School of Design.

05/14/2022

students from our Collab: Design For Literacy class just completed their semester with incredible results. Fresh new children’s books created by an amazing group of communication design students, each bringing their full talents and filled hearts to their design process. DERT is proud of it’s collaboration with a growing team of global design talent, bringing to life books created to engage children and families in reading together.

05/13/2022

An amazing night of final critique reviews as our Design For Literacy class yielded incredible new book designs. Thanks to our panel of guest reviewers who Zoomed in from all corners of the world and provided expert and heartfelt feed back to each students presentations. A big thank you to each student who put there full hearts and minds into a special set of book products!

04/08/2022

Parsons students are rocking the semester with new baby board books designed and children’s storybooks in progress!

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7187972302

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http://www.dertbook.com/

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