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BOOK
GIVEAWAYS

Encourage reading!
Friends of Shanklin donates for the annual Book Giveaways
so every student chooses and leaves with a book!
Scroll down to view the excitement from the most recent events.

PRICELESS!

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"The more that you read,

the more things you will know.

The more you learn,

the more places you'll go."

Dr. Seuss, children's author

"Reading is important because if you can read,
you can learn anything about everything
and everything about anything."
Tomie dePaola, children's author
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December 2023

Donate Now - make a child happy!

Winter Book Giveaway
Dec.19, 2024

SETTING UP in the school's media center.

We agree -- TODAY A READER, TOMORROW A LEADER

Many thanks to St. Marks and the Junior Service League of Beaufort for generous grants to fund this Book Giveaway

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A special thank you to members of the Habersham Afternoon Book Club for their incredible donation of new books!

The Book Giveaway is a great way to promote reading & foster enthusiasm to become

life-long readers!

Members of the Habersham AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB individually chose books for Shanklin ES students. A great variety to choose from: Newbery Award books, chapter books, graphic novels, mysteries, and books on history, poetry, humor and animals.

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Lots of books organized by grade levels and interests such as the table for graphic novels.

And then the students came
to choose a book.... What a hard decision!

Such excitement!--See our choices with smiles & appreciation!

Thank you for all the books & for encouraging a love for reading!

"A child who carries a book with a bookmark in it is in two places at the same time."
Tony Abbott, children's author

Spring Book Giveaway - May 2024

It's exciting to peruse the variety    of books on display for young readers of all levels:
Fiction & Nonfiction
Mystery
Classic
Science/Animal/Nature
Humorous
Biography
History
Fantasy

From hundreds of books, each student chooses one, and is proud to say,
"This is my book!"

Each student receives a FREE book!

Many thanks to St. Marks and the Junior Service League of Beaufort for generous grants to fund this Book Giveaway!    

Joy Kraft, chairperson

AMAZING!

So many books to organize!

"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark."
Victor Hugo, author
"I think it's the books that you read when you're young that live       with you forever."
J.K. Rowling, children's author
"A book is a gift you can open again and again."
Garrison Keillor, author
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