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Children add new books to their collection
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.News anchor Stan Boney picked two books to read to the children of Sue Flasco's class. The students had a chance to meet Boney and talk to him and ask questions.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Students at Poland Union Elementary looked at different books from the Scholastic Book Fair during the week of Feb. 1-5.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Groups of students from Sue Flasco's class picked out books to buy from the book fair on Feb. 2 after they had a special guest read to them.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
The Scholastic Book Fair made its way into Poland Union Elementary the week of Feb. 1-5. Students were eager to choose their favorites from a selection of many different books. A few special guests showed up throughout the week to read stories to the children in different classes.
Stan Boney made an appearance at Sue Flasco’s first-grade class on Feb. 2. Boney read the books “Pete the Cat and his Magic Sunglasses” by James and Kimberly Dean and “Frog on a Log,” by Phil Roxbee Cox.
The students gathered on the carpet around Boney to listen to him read the books. After the stories were finished, the students had to chance to talk to Boney and ask him any questions they may have had. Afterward, the entire class made its way across the hall to the book fair.
Each of the students had an envelope with money that they could use to buy books, bookmarks or any other items that were being sold at the book fair.
“We will have had six classes by the time we leave, which is a little over 180 kids just today,” said Holly Kollar, the PTO co-chair of the book fair.
One volunteer, a mother to one of the students, said many students come in and are so energetic and excited to get new books. Some of the children will go up to the register with a stack of books they want to buy.