{"id":9505,"date":"2025-10-07T13:32:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T17:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/?p=9505"},"modified":"2025-10-07T13:32:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T17:32:57","slug":"ready-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/2025\/10\/07\/ready-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready to Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recently held our first book fair of the school year at Dogwood Elementary School in Reston.\u00a0 At this fair, which we call \u201cBuild a Child\u2019s Library\u201d events,\u00a0volunteers arranged\u00a0lots of new books on a variety of topics to ensure that the 730 students could each choose a book that interested them.\u00a0Their teachers and our volunteers helped the students when they couldn\u2019t decide on a book.\u00a0 Once the students selected\u00a0their\u00a0books, they signed their names inside the front cover,\u00a0and they had a new book to take home and keep.\u00a0 Our volunteers enjoyed seeing their happy smiles as much as the students loved finding their perfect book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/pic-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/pic-4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/pic-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/pic-4-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2025\/10\/pic-4-768x575.jpg 768w, 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in Reston.\u00a0 At this fair, which we call \u201cBuild a Child\u2019s Library\u201d events,\u00a0volunteers arranged\u00a0lots of new books on a variety of topics to ensure that the 730 students could each choose a book that interested them.\u00a0Their teachers and our volunteers 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