The Wrightsville Beach School PTA is planning an evening of family fun with food, books and live music to kick off the 2014 fall book fair.
Book fair committee chair Lori Kilbourne said the book fair is always successful, with kids lined up at the door when the fair opens on the first day, but this year, the committee wanted to invite families to share the experience.
Kilbourne partnered with social committee chair Lynn Hildreth to create a memorable experience around books and reading.
“It’s so important for the kids to have an appreciation of reading, to love to read. These are things they’ll remember,” Hildreth said.
Food trucks will set up outside the school from 5-8 p.m. Nov. 4, the first day of the book fair. The committee picked food vendors to suit a variety of tastes: the Catch food truck for vegetarian and seafood options, Poor Piggy’s food truck for picky young eaters, plus Trolly Stop as a crowd-pleaser. So Sweet Chocolates will offer handmade dolphin-shaped chocolate, flavored coffee and hot chocolate for dessert.
By providing dinner, Hildreth hopes to make it easier for families to attend.
“A lot of the parents see it as a way to escape. Obviously it’s a busy time of the year. This is a nice opportunity for families to be able to slow down and say, ‘Okay, we know dinner is taken care of,’” Hildreth said.
Cornhole and other outdoor games will be set up and school music teacher David Dimuro will perform live music.
The book fair will open to students at 7:30 a.m. Nov. 4 and remain open through Nov. 7. All classes will visit the book fair and create a wish list to take home during the Nov. 4 school day.
The public is invited to attend the Book & Dine. If the event is successful, Kilbourne said the committees will likely collaborate again to plan a similar event during the spring book sale, tentatively scheduled for April.
Profits from the biannual book sale are used to buy more books for the school library and resources for teachers. An online book fair is also available Oct. 30 through Nov. 12 at www.bookfairs.
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