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Community Reads Day at Friendly Hills Middle School in Mendota Heights

Eli, one of the stars in Life in the Neck Squirrel Trouble, helps his Grandma Diane Davies read the story to students in Mrs. Wahlburg’s 5th Grade Classroom.

What is a Community Reads Day? Kristine Jacobs, Instructional Literacy Coach, at Friendly Hills Middle School started the program at her school three years ago. Jacobs invites community leaders and community friends to come to their school on a Friday morning in February to start the day for students by reading them a story and sharing their love of reading. Police officers, school board members, business owners, Peter Olson-Skog, Superintendent of Schools, lunch room ladies, shop keepers - all came with books in hand and read to the students. A good time was had by readers and listeners alike.

Author Diane Davies shares her Life in the Neck Squirrel Trouble with the students,