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Bookfest
Grandparents & Special Friends Day
Once again, the Friends of the Library Committee planned
Each year, Grandparents & Special Friends Day brings
our wonderful week-long Bookfest! From storytime for
hundreds of guests to school from near and far to build
preschoolers, to book talks for adults, there was something
connections, watch performances, and celebrate learning.
for everyone to be inspired and enlightened. The Bookfest
On November 17, grandparents and special friends joined
activities culminated in a community event where
their beloved MP&MS students on campus to spend
students, families, and friends came out to support the
time together. After socializing and enjoying coffee and
library, as well as a local organization called Aprendiendo
breakfast treats, guests heard welcome remarks from
Juntos/Learning Together. Special guests included authors
Andrew Slater and enjoyed a slideshow featuring favorite
Pam Hearst and Dorothy Berkma, who were on hand
moments from this year’s classrooms, field trips, and
to share their book, Filigree’s Midnight Ride, in which
athletics, followed by musical and dramatic performances
Pomeranian Filigree stows away on Paul Revere’s famous
by students. After this, guests had a chance to tour
ride. This is the first book of their series, At the Heels of
campus, meet teachers and specialists, and visit individual
History, stories inspired by important events and told
classrooms for a range of activities and learning. From
through the eyes of dogs. In addition, author Ian Lendler
presentations to story time, science lab to art projects,
shared The First Dinosaur, which tells the story of fossil
hands-on activities to technology integration, our guests
discoveries and advances in science. Bookfest helps to
had the chance to watch and participate in a day in the
cultivate community-building with a refreshed focus on
life at MP&MS. As always, it is a privilege to welcome
reading, literacy, and storytelling. Thank you to all the
grandparents and special friends to campus in this
parent volunteers who put so much work into this event.
memorable and cherished tradition.
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