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BOOKS ARE HAPPENING FOR RIF OF NOVA CHILDREN THIS SCHOOL YEAR!

RIF of NOVA schools and sites began book distributions for Academic Year 2023-2024 in October 2023. Below, please find photos as they are added from throughout the school year.
Patrick Henry K-8's "Book Bash" -- November 21, 2023
To give kids a chance to read over the Thanksgiving holiday, Alexandria's Patrick Henry K-8 School held a "Book Bash" for every age group. Librarian and NOVA RIF liaison Freedom Neal set up shop in the school's entry atrium and kept the tables stocked as students filed by class by class to pick out a book of their own. The middle school display set up buy liaison Glenda Narcisse on the third floor featured tables of books designed for teens and 'tweens. Even principal Dr. Ingrid Bynum stopped by to encourage the children to read, read, and read some more!
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Librarian Freedom Neal
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Principal, Dr. Ingrid Bynum
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Lining up for a RIF of NOVA stamp to autograph your very own new book!
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The stamp act! ;)
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Middle school choices!
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"Thankful" at Yorkshire Elementary School -- November 20, 2023
Just before the Thanksgiving holiday break, students at Yorkshire Elementary School (Prince William County) read the book Thankful by Elaine Vickers. In this book, the girl talks about what she is thankful for and writes those ideas down on strips of paper to make a chain. With leadership from Yorkshire reading specialist and NOVA RIF liaison Bethany Drake (shown in the photo below), students each got a strip of paper on which they could write what they are thankful for. The strips were then linked together in a chain that hangs in the school. Picking a book of their own to take home for holiday reading was the proverbial icing on the cake! One student wrote about being thankful for a free book! That's music to our ears!
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Book or Treat at ACCA -- October 31, 2023
Witches and goblins and ghosties -- oh my! The ACCA Child Development Center held its annual Halloween parade and book distribution, complete with classroom to classroom trick-or-treating, pumpkin painting, and the choice of a book for each child. NOVA RIF board members Chris and Maureen McLaughlin read and used finger puppets to act out the book Room on the Broom, to the delight of the children.
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Arlington's Teen Parenting Program -- October 27 2023
What a blast at the pumpkin patch! Toddlers in Arlington's Teen Parenting Program each took a pumpkin into the patch and had to find an apple and a piece of corn, followed by the ultimate prize...picking two books to take home. The parents got to choose a book as well! The toddlers later snacked on their crispy, delicious apples while looking at their new books. The corn was going to be cooked for snack and enjoyed later in the day. Thanks to Nicole Boatwright, Yvonne Pettiford, and all of the hardworking teachers for staging such a wonderful celebration to promote fall fun and reading!
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Falls Church McLean Children's Center (FCMLCC) -- October 5, 2023
Can a RIF of NOVA book distribution be any more fun? And can showing off your new chosen-by-you book be any cuter? These faces tell the story! RIF of NOVA partner, the New Dominion Women's Club, read to the children -- adding to the fun!
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