One Charlotte Valley student’s love of reading has earned her school 2,000 copies of books that will be donated to her classmates.

Jazime Whitehead, a sixth-grade student at Charlotte Valley Central School, read an advanced copy of JK Rowling’s book “The Christmas Pig” for a contest with Scholastic Books and placed in the Northeast’s top 20, said teacher Alanna Fiore.

Fiore said Stella Castillo, who works at Scholastic Books, emailed a college honor society group she belongs to about the contest and thought Whitehead would be the perfect person to enter the contest. .

“She’s a huge Harry Potter fan,” Fiore said. Fiore said she also thought the book could be a Harry Potter sequel or prequel, so she recommended Whitehead, but “it’s not about wizards. It’s a fantastic holiday book.

“She seemed to like it. She’s a real reader. She reads between classes and on the bus. She suggests books to other kids,” Fiore said.

After Whitehead read the book, she joined a Zoom interview for a chance to be in a video about the book, Fiore said.

She wasn’t chosen for the video because the company wanted students from diverse geographic backgrounds. However, Whitehead’s placement in the top 20 ensured the school would receive 1,000 books to distribute to students in grades five through eight, Fiore said.

The local library was supposed to get the other 1,000 books, but there is no public library in the CVCS district, so the school got those books as well. Whitehead received a copy of each of the 50 book titles donated to the school. The college’s English language arts and social studies programs also received copies of each of the 50 books.

“The books are part of the Four Pillars of Diversity collection,” Fiore said. “There are a lot of social studies books. There are biographies, autobiographies and historical fiction.”

Each fifth- and sixth-grade student was able to select two books from the 2,000 books donated last week, Fiore said, and seventh- and eighth-grade students will be able to select two books each in the future.

“We are so proud of Jazzy and her love of reading,” Fiore said in an email.

Vicky Klukkert, editor, can be reached at [email protected] or 607-441-7221. Follow her @DS_VickyK on Twitter.

“Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor the darkness of the night prevent these couriers from completing their appointed rounds quickly.” That’s the motto of the US Postal Service, but add a pandemic and it could also apply to the Kingsport Book Fair, which was held last August at the Kingsport Civic Auditorium and returns this weekend.

Proceeds from the book fair benefit the Friends of Kingsport Public Library literacy programs as well as Team First Book Greater Kingsport, part of the Team First Book volunteer program within the First Book national organization.

Team First Book Greater Kingsport is an all-volunteer organization established in 2004 to serve children from low-income families from kindergarten through high school. He works closely with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Sullivan County, which provides free books in Tennessee to kindergarteners. Its funding comes from grants and donations and from efforts such as book sales.

The 2022 Book Fair opens Thursday at Kingsport Civic Auditorium next to Dobyns-Bennett High School and runs through Sunday. Organizers say COVID-19 precautions will be taken seriously and hand sanitizers will be available.

On Thursday, there will be a presale from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., with $10 entry. An academic presale will take place from 7-9 p.m., with $5 admission with a student, faculty, or staff card. The free event is Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. A half-price sale starts at 4 p.m. on Saturday followed by a $10 bag sale on Sunday starting at 12:45 p.m.

More than 20,000 used books at great prices will be available this year, organizers said, including fiction, non-fiction, children’s, large print, textbooks, art, cooking, histories/biographies, classics, regional, nature, hardcovers, paperbacks, multimedia, vinyl. and not English.

Sales are cash only for less than $25 and for sales over $25 cash or credit card. The event uses multiple rooms to meet social distancing requirements.

For more information or to volunteer, call (423) 967-7135 or email [email protected] or go online to facebook.com/KingsportBookFair.

Reading is good for you as it improves your concentration, memory, empathy and communication skills. It can reduce stress, improve your mental health and help you live longer. Reading also allows you to learn new things to help you succeed in your work and in your relationships.

If most of your daily reading consists of social media posts and text messages, you’re missing out on a whole new world.

Visit the book fair. With thousands of books in all areas, you’re sure to find something you like.

Maine artist, author and storyteller Ashley Bryan has died at the age of 98.

Bryan, who lived for years on Little Cranberry Island, wrote and illustrated many children’s and other books and was a prolific painter, illustrator, puppet maker and stained glass artist.

The Ashley Bryan Center, which was established in 2013 to preserve and celebrate Bryan’s work, said in a post on its website that Bryan passed away peacefully Friday at the home of his niece, Vanessa.

Bryan had turned 98 on July 13 and continued to recite poetry, especially Shakespeare’s sonnets, until his final days, according to the post.

“Ashley was passionate about bringing poetry to life and educating young and old of all ethnic backgrounds about the heritage of African and African American culture,” the post said. “Visitors from all over the world have made the pilgrimage to her magical home on Little Cranberry Island/Islesford off the coast of Maine. They were rewarded with gummy bears and hugs; everyone was part of the “family”.

Bryan, who was born in Harlem and raised in the Bronx, came to Maine in 1946 to study at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. That summer he visited Little Cranberry Island, where he would later move after retiring from Dartmouth College in 1988.

Among his accolades, Bryan received the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, and the New York Public Library’s Literary Lions Award. He also received the Maine in America Award from the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland in September. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to Maine’s role in American art.

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Copperfield’s books: copperfieldsbooks.com. February 4: Leslie Kirk Campbell discusses “A Man With Eight Pairs of Legs” with Scott Landers. 6 p.m. online. Register online; February 8: Mac Barnett and Carson Ellis discuss “What Is Love?” 3 p.m. online. Register online.

Fairfax Library: 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax; 415-453-8092; marinlibrary.org. February 10: Fairfax Library’s Book Discussion Group discusses ‘The King at the Edge of the World’ by Arthur Phillips. 7 p.m. online. Email Beth Bailey-Gates for the Zoom link at [email protected].

Mill Valley Public Library: 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley; 415-389-4292; millvalleylibrary.org. February 1: The Classics Reading Club talks about “Eugénie Grandet” by Honoré de Balzac. 6:30 p.m. online. Register online; February 10: The Award-Winning American Novelists discuss Gore Vidal’s “1876.” 7 p.m. online. Register online.

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Last October, Greenpoint resident Jason Mojica opened a comic book store after successfully selling comic books on a Franklin Street sidewalk with his son. The store, Hey Kids Comics! (157 Huron St.), is small and selective about the titles it offers.

This selectivity alongside what vendors call the “great manga shortage” has driven the Hey Kids Comics! owner to do something he never imagined doing. He told customers to go to the local library in Greenpoint and check out graphic novels for free.

“Since the start of the pandemic, Japanese comics known as manga have grown in popularity and publishers have been unable to meet the demand,” Mojica explained. “So while I would like to be able to sell the first volumes of titles like my hero academia to the people who come to get them, I can’t!

Instead, Mojica sent them to the library. “As much as we love selling books, we also love (and still use) the library,” Mojica said. In fact, Mojica thinks the Greenpoint Local Library‘s outdoor reading deck is “the most idyllic place in Greenpoint to try to get your child to do their homework.” Greenpoint parents take note!

“The Brooklyn Public Library system has an impressive collection of graphic novels for young readers, including tons of out-of-print books,” Mojica said.

Because the selection at the library is so vast, Mojica used his expertise to put together a list he titled “50 Great Graphic Novels for Young Readers at the Brooklyn Public Library” which can be found on Hey Kids Comics! Blog.

One of Mojica’s favorite graphic novels that isn’t in his store is Yossub&! By Kiyohiko Azuma. The series was recommended to Mojica and her family by Queens-based comic book artist Kelly Fernandez. Mojica hasn’t been able to get the series for the store yet, but was thrilled to find it at the library. He calls it “a total delight”.

A somewhat surprising discovery is the graphic novel version of The little Prince by Joann Sfar. Mojica didn’t know this classic favorite was in graphic novel form, but it turned out to be fake after a customer asked for it and he did a search. It was published in 2021 and is now out of print, but can be found at Greenpoint Library.

There are also plenty of manga titles in the library. “With ‘The Great Manga Shortage’ running 2020 through 2021 and into 2022, the library is the best place to start reading some of the most popular manga series like my hero academiaMojica explains.

Check out the rest of the list and browse the Hey Kids Comics! blog here.

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Want to pick up a new book?

This week, Jervis Public Library, at 613 N. Washington St., Rome, announces a number of circulating book titles for customers to enjoy.

Top titles

-“A History of Wild Places” by Shea Ernshaw. Excerpt from Atria Books.

Travis Wren has an unusual talent for locating missing people. Hired by families as a last resort, he needs only one object to find the missing person. When he tackles the case of Maggie St. James, he is taken to a place many thought was only legend.

Called Pastoral, this reclusive community was founded in the 1970s by like-minded people looking for a simpler way of life. By all accounts, the commune should no longer exist and shortly after Travis stumbles across it… he disappears. Just like Maggie St. James.

Years later, Pastoral lifetime member Theo discovers Travis’ abandoned truck beyond the community boundary. Unraveling the mystery of what happened reveals secrets that prove their perfect, isolated world isn’t as safe as they thought, and darkness takes many forms.

-“The Ballerinas: A Novel” by Rachel Kapelke-Dale. From the Saint-Martin press.

Thirteen years ago, Delphine Léger gave up her prestigious place as a soloist at the Paris Opera Ballet for a new life in Saint Petersburg, taking with her a secret that could change the lives of her best friends, the dancers Lindsay and Margaux. Now 36, Delphine is back in her old home and in the mythical Opéra du Palais Garnier, to choreograph the ballet that will launch the next stage of her career and, she hopes, finally arrange the things with his old buddies. But Delphine quickly discovers that things have changed while she’s been gone…and that some secrets can’t stay buried forever.

-“Lightning Down: A WWII Survival Story” by Tom Clavin. From the Saint-Martin press.

On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser began his forty-fourth combat mission over occupied France. Soon he would join nearly 170 other Allied airmen as prisoners in Buchenwald, one of the most notorious and deadly Nazi concentration camps. by Tom Clavin lightning down tells this largely untold and fascinating true story.

Children’s corner

– “Dumplings Day” by Meera Sriram. Barefoot books.

Savor a rhyming celebration of one of the world’s most universal foods. Readers follow ten diverse families as they cook dumplings in their homes for a neighborhood potluck. Dumplings are added to plates one at a time, encouraging children to count with each new addition.

-“The words in my hands” by Asphyxia. By Annick Press. (teenager)

Set in a disturbing and prescient near future, The Words in My Hands is the story of Piper: sixteen years old, intelligent, artistic and rebellious, she struggles to conform to what her mother wants – for her to be” normal”, to pass for a hearing person. , and get a good job. But in a time of food scarcity, environmental collapse, and political corruption, Piper has other things on her mind, like survival.

Deaf since the age of three, Piper was always told she had to compensate in a world that puts those who can hear above all others. But when she meets Marley, a whole new world opens up, a world where deafness is something to celebrate rather than hide, and where resilience and hope are created through taking action, building community and believing in something better.

Learn more about Jervis Public Library

Library hours are 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday; and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Mandatory face masks and social distancing.

The library has 110,000 books; nearly 20,000 e-books and audiobooks through OverDrive’s Libby app (midyork.overdrive.com); 4,500 DVDs; 6,000 books on CD; nearly 200 magazines and newspapers; and 155 digital magazines.

Borrow unique items including rackets, karaoke machine and CDs, DVD player, VCR and Kill-a-Watt meter. The library also offers meeting rooms and a licensed notary public – call ahead for availability. Access it all with a free library card. To get your library card, bring ID with your current address.

Call 315-336-4570, email: [email protected], or visit: www.jervislibrary.org or www.facebook.com/jervispubliclibrary for more information.

Drop point

In addition to serving as a place to pick up everything from books to snowshoes, the library also serves as a depot for a variety of items.

Mobile phones for soldiers

This program has become an annual tradition in November in conjunction with AT&T and New York State Senator Joseph A. Griffo. The old phone collection bin is on the first service desk you see when you enter the library from the side facing Washington St. The library accepts cell phones year-round in preparation for the annual collection.

Throughout the year, we collect glasses for the Lions Club. They just provided us with an official collection bin, which is now inside the entrance that leads to the parking lot.

Events – (registration required)

Monday, January 24, free craft kit for kids available; 6:00 p.m., in-person teen event: study break

Wednesday, January 26, 10:30 a.m., story time with Mrs. Emily; noon, Project Hope/ Neighborhood Center Depot

Thursday, January 27, 5 p.m., Children’s program: LEGO Build Challenge*

Did you know?

National Puzzle Day is Saturday, January 29. It’s the perfect time to check out the library’s free puzzle swap! Take a puzzle; leave a puzzle (lightly used) for someone else to enjoy. Stimulate your mind and have fun!

Community art on display

Martin Luther King, Jr. by African American Heritage Association

Keychains by Amelia Mastrangelo

Work of students of the school district of the city of Rome.

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By Harry Levins Special for post-shipment