Grade 3 students from St. Mary’s Elementary School made some noise in the LloydMall as they celebrated reading and their favourite authors.
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Now in its second year, the reading parade is the brainchild of teacher Destiny Hall, who confidently sported her favourite Paper Bag Princess attire to show love for her favourite author, Robert Munsch.
Students built floats on scooter boards showcasing their authors and took a lap around the mall before stopping outside the Lloydminster Public Library to listen to Hall read her favourite Munsch book.
“The kids pick and study an author for two weeks and figure out what the author’s written. Most of the time, the kids pick an author because they love their books,” said Hall on May 16, noting she picked Munsch because the kids love his repetition.
A mother of one with a second on the way, Hall explained she came up with the idea to promote reading and get kids involved with the love of reading.
Kyrie, who said he loves reading, picked Jeff Kinney as his favourite author because his books are so cool. Kyrie also said he loves reading at home with mom and dad and knows reading is important because it helps you work.
Jemil’s favourite author is Dr. Seuss and has memories of reading his books from age five.
Zeb chose Stan and Jan Berenstain as his favourite and remembers reading the couple’s books since a young age.
Brayden’s favourite author is Dav Pilkey, best known for the Captain Underpants series.
“He makes fantastic books that are funny. I read them when I was six, it was my favourite. He makes the nicest books and there’s a lot of them,” said Brayden, before delivering a full Pilkey biography.
An avid reader at home, Alyssa’s pick was Bonnie Bader and noted her favourite book is Sally’s Story.
A surprise during this year’s reading parade was a visit from the staff at the Lloydminster Public Library, something Hall said was completely unplanned.
“It’s super exciting to see kids being passionate and having knowledge to share about the books they’re excited about,” said Cheryl Sikora, director at the Lloydminster Public Library.
“The public library is happy to be part of it and we’re hoping it’s a good
kick off to summer reading.”
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