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Books, books, shelves of books, from graphic novels to nonfiction……..
The annual Westside Book Fair is coming up, and no matter what you like to read, the book fair will have it! Monday, November 4th through Wednesday, November 6th, the book fair will open up, so mark your calendars.
Not only will students be able to buy books, your teachers may buy books for your classroom library.
In an interview, Kristen, the school librarian, said, "It's a really awesome book fair in the school, where you can stock up on books for reading, or gift. There are a lot of books to choose from. The first year we had a special event of having a shave ice machine, which was really awesome, but we decided having a sticky, melty stuff around books was probably not the best idea."
The theme for this year's book fair is Egyptian Flair, so expect to see Egyptian artwork among the rows of Scholastic and Usborne books. The book fair was started two years ago when Kristin came up with the idea and worked with Sue Winter, Jordan Winter's mom, who is the representative of Usborne books. They thought the more books for the kids, the better! The book fair is also a great way to help the library get more books into our small collection, because we don't have that many books.
When unloading the books the really cool thing is that basically they have big, metal bookshelves that hinge together and lock up, so all you have to do is open up the case, and all of the books are there. They send a few in boxes, and all we have to do is display them on the tables.
You can by books online by going to Kristen’s Library page on the Westside website. There are links to both of the online fairs and you can create a wish list. Finally, there is a way that you can donate books to a child's classroom. Parents can also contribute to wish lists that teachers make. Teachers also teachers make a wish bag that if you (or your parents) wanted to, you could buy the books, donating it to the classroom.
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