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- First graders Zabder Bradley, left, and Victoria Nale gaze at the pictures in ‘Henry and Mudge and the Careful Cousin’ by Cynthia Rylant while fourth grader Claire Rimol reads (Krystal Nurse/ The Sun).
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- Brothers Rober, fourth grade, and Mason Falkerstein, first grade, read ‘Quick as a Cricket’ by Audrey Wood during the buddy read-in (Krystal Nurse/ The Sun).
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- Second grader Eva Kelley dives into the ‘Junie B. Jones’ series during the read-in with ‘The Stupid Smelly Bus’ by Barbara Park (Krystal Nurse/ The Sun).
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- Lola Kirkland, of third grade, reads the rhyming tongue-twisters of ‘Fox in Socks’ by Dr. Seuss as preschooler Jack Kleier tries to follow in March 2020(Krystal Nurse/ The Sun).
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- Veniamin Tsyganok, fourth grade student, reads ‘Rocking in My School Shoes’ by Eric Litwin to Meadow Anthony, of first grade, while she takes a gander at the illustrations (Krystal Nurse/ The Sun).
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- Siblings Juliana, fifth grade, and Gavin Whalen, second grade, cuddle up on the gymnasium’s floor and read ‘Fly Away Home’ by Eve Bunting (Krystal Nurse/ The Sun).
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- Chris Farrell steps away from his job as a physical education teacher and pops to groups spreading joy and laughter in his Cat in the Hat costume (Krystal Nurse/ The Sun).
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- Dawn Saporito hands books to her second grade students as they complete one after another (Krystal Nurse/ The Sun)
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- Brayden Abrams, of kindergarten, brings his own short story titled ‘In Winter’ and recites it to Daisy Amoo, fourth grade (Krystal Nurse/ The Sun).
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- Growing a fascination of the dinosaurs throughout ‘Are We There Yet?’ by Dan Santat, preschooler Marty Legin as Allision Zamkotowicz reads the engaging book (Krystal Nurse/ The Sun).
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- Fourth grader Nick Jewell reads ‘Happy Birthday to You’ by Dr. Seuss to kindergartener Cade Graf (Krystal Nurse/ The Sun).
There are many ways to say ‘Happy birthday’ to an author who gave the world many lines such as ‘I am Sam, Sam I am, that Sam I am’ among others during Read Across America Week.
Kirby’s Mill Elementary School celebrated the children’s author’s posthumous birthday with a group reading between the older and younger kids on March 2. Students had spent the hour helping one another read lines in their books and laughing over the stories within.
Physical education teacher Chris Farrell dressed as the mischievous Cat in the Hat during the school’s event.
