{"id":8633,"date":"2023-10-30T16:36:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T20:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/?p=8633"},"modified":"2023-10-30T16:37:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T20:37:06","slug":"books-galore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/2023\/10\/30\/books-galore\/","title":{"rendered":"Books Galore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recently spent a day at a Fairfax County elementary school where we held a book fair where every student received a brand-new book to take home.\u00a0\u00a0These \u201cBuild-a-Child\u2019s Library\u201d events are great fun for our members who help the children with their selections because we can witness how excited, happy, and grateful the students are to have a book to keep.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0More than 600 students, from Pre-K to 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0graders, chose books on topics that interested them.\u00a0\u00a0We stamped each book with \u201cThis Book Belongs To\u2019 and asked the students to sign their names.\u00a0\u00a0They also received an Assistance League book mark.\u00a0\u00a0Some eager students began reading their books immediately while waiting for the rest of their class to make their selections.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/LynnLinda-4signers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/LynnLinda-4signers-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/LynnLinda-4signers-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/LynnLinda-4signers-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/LynnLinda-4signers-495x400.jpg 495w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/LynnLinda-4signers.jpg 896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/BunchaboysHangingOut.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/BunchaboysHangingOut-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/BunchaboysHangingOut-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/BunchaboysHangingOut-768x624.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/BunchaboysHangingOut-492x400.jpg 492w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/BunchaboysHangingOut.jpg 893w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our book selections and purchases for these book fairs are guided by an expert at Scholastic.\u00a0\u00a0Also, a grant from\u00a0Friends of the Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library\u00a0helped us purchase books for this event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/9KolderidsReading.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/9KolderidsReading-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/9KolderidsReading-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/9KolderidsReading-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/9KolderidsReading-958x642.jpg 958w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/9KolderidsReading-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/9KolderidsReading-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/9KolderidsReading-597x400.jpg 597w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/9KolderidsReading-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/9KolderidsReading.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The students were exuberantly grateful to receive new books and their teachers were also delighted, knowing all their students had chosen book titles that interested them.\u00a0\u00a0Those outcomes made this event doubly satisfying for our members.\u00a0\u00a0Join Assistance League and join the fun!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/8Kiddos-Teacher-floor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8643\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/5GirlsReading-floor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/5GirlsReading-floor-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/5GirlsReading-floor-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/5GirlsReading-floor-1024x595.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/5GirlsReading-floor-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/10\/5GirlsReading-floor-958x557.jpg 958w, 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