BOOK IT! Mr. "Tooth Fairy" Flener reads to MES students

Fri, 11/14/2014 - 9:15pm — Diane Dyer

BOOK IT!® Program Honors National Young Readers Week Nov. 10-14 With Principal Challenge- This year, Mr. Chad Flener, Assistant Principal at Morgantown Elementary, dressed as the Tooth Fairy and read in the front foyer of MES. Last week students voted between Santa Claus, a turkey, the tooth fairy, and a beach bum. Tooth Fairy won with 95% of the votes!! Classes also came and were able to enjoy a story read to them by Mr. Flener.

WHAT: Reading from the rooftop of your school? Hosting a themed reading marathon? In recognition of National Young Readers Week Nov. 10-14, Pizza Hut® and its BOOK IT!® Program will continue its tradition of challenging principals across the United States to become shining examples for literacy and the BOOK IT! Program by choosing one day to read all day long, from first bell to last during National Young Readers Week in fun, unique and engaging ways.

The Principal Challenge is part of Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program’s National Young Readers Week celebration November 10-14 that is an annual event co-founded by Pizza Hut and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. One lucky elementary school principal will win 101 copies for their library of the ninth book in the Wimpy Kid series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul which releases on November 4th .   Jeff Kinney, author of the Wimpy Kid books, will personally autograph one of the books for the principal who read their heart out.

WHY: To celebrate BOOK IT!’s 30th birthday and to raise awareness for the importance of literacy and generate a passion for reading among young people. In addition to National Young Reader’s Week, Pizza Hut is offering exciting elements this year for current BOOK IT! kids including a BOOK IT! Alumni program, passport to $30k college plan sweepstakes, the first ever BOOK IT! mobile app and a free custom online story from Jeff Kinney.

STATISTICS:
•    More than 630,000 classrooms annually use The BOOK IT! Program
•    Over the past 30 years, Pizza Hut has rewarded more than 60 million students for reading more than 54 billion minutes
•    Jeff Kinney, The New York Times best-selling author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, has been a proud partner of BOOK IT! since 2012