Book fair means new books for school

Thompson Falls students and parents helped raise more than $2,000 for new books at the elementary library last week. The annual book fair was April 9-12. Librarian Pam Peters said that 55 percent of the book fair proceeds go to the school to purchase books for the library.

Peters said she looks for high interest areas that need new titles when picking out books for the library, and students add titles to the wish list.

“The school district provides a budget for books each year,” Peters said, “but with my excellent readers, new books are always in high demand.”

Peters commended the community for supporting the book fair, and her volunteers and school foster grandparent Judy Hopkins for making the book fair such a success.