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Festival aims to make reading America’s favorite pastime
By KEVIN KOLOIAN
A patriotic theme of “Read, White and Books” will encourage kids to “elect to read” at the Spring Community Book Festival.
Now in its second year, the festival will feature a variety of activities, including crafts, a book fair and author signings.
Sponsored by the Spring Independent School District librarians, the festival is free to everyone and will be held Saturday, Nov. 15, at Carl Wunsche Sr. High School.
“We are trying to show the entire community the importance of reading and show them that it can be fun,” said Esmeralda Majors, a Lewis Elementary School librarian and publicity chair for the book festival.
With more than 3,000 people attending the event last year, Majors hopes twice as many will show up this time around.
The authors who are making presentations are well-known among Spring ISD students because the district uses their books as teaching tools.
The children’s book writers on hand will include Brian Anderson, Reshonda Billingsley, Matthew De La Pena, Kimberly Willis Holt, Ralph Masiello and Susan K. Mitchell, whose book “The Rainforest Grew All Around” has been nominated for various awards.
Keeping the patriotic spirit alive, students will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite books.
Festival T-shirts designed by Alan Lujano, a Claughton Middle School sixth-grader, will be available for purchase. Alan won a design contest sponsored by the festival organizers that asked students to let their imagination run wild with American pride.
To encourage literacy further, the winning entries in a districtwide poetry contest will be displayed at the event.
spring community book festival
WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 15, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
WHERE: Carl Wunsche Sr. High School, 900 Wunsche Loop
HOW MUCH: free
INFO: www.springcommunitybookfest.org
Now in its second year, the festival will feature a variety of activities, including crafts, a book fair and author signings.
Sponsored by the Spring Independent School District librarians, the festival is free to everyone and will be held Saturday, Nov. 15, at Carl Wunsche Sr. High School.
“We are trying to show the entire community the importance of reading and show them that it can be fun,” said Esmeralda Majors, a Lewis Elementary School librarian and publicity chair for the book festival.
With more than 3,000 people attending the event last year, Majors hopes twice as many will show up this time around.
The authors who are making presentations are well-known among Spring ISD students because the district uses their books as teaching tools.
The children’s book writers on hand will include Brian Anderson, Reshonda Billingsley, Matthew De La Pena, Kimberly Willis Holt, Ralph Masiello and Susan K. Mitchell, whose book “The Rainforest Grew All Around” has been nominated for various awards.
Keeping the patriotic spirit alive, students will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite books.
Festival T-shirts designed by Alan Lujano, a Claughton Middle School sixth-grader, will be available for purchase. Alan won a design contest sponsored by the festival organizers that asked students to let their imagination run wild with American pride.
To encourage literacy further, the winning entries in a districtwide poetry contest will be displayed at the event.
spring community book festival
WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 15, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
WHERE: Carl Wunsche Sr. High School, 900 Wunsche Loop
HOW MUCH: free
INFO: www.springcommunitybookfest.org
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