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Literary Delight: Reading Marathon Is March 2-4 at Edmonds Bookshop
The three-day event, created by Meadowdale High School librarian Rita Ireland, benefits the Edmonds Food Bank.
If you do any window shopping in downtown Edmonds between March 2 and March 4, you might see something else besides books at the .
During those days, students from Edmonds-Woodway and Meadowdale high schools will be pursuing literary endeavors as part of the bookstore's second Rock 'n' Read Marathon.
Students are now signing up to read books, magazines and the Kindle or other electronic devices for 30-minute intervals in the store's window. (Meadowdale students will read Friday night, March 2; Edmonds-Woodway students will read on Saturday, March 3.) More than 170 participated in 2011.
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Many of them will be seated in the store's two well-worn rocking chairs during the 55-hour event.
Students aren't the only ones who will be reading at the event . Teachers, administrators, alumni, elementary-school kids and community members will also be sharing their love of reading.
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This event benefits the Edmonds Food Bank.
Both Warrior and Maverick libraries are now accepting donations of gently used or new children’s books for the food bank. Monetary donations, to buy books for the food bank, can be made at the Edmonds Bookshop.
The event is part of National Education Association's Read Across America Month, which helps promote the love of reading and also celebrates Dr. Seuss, the pen name of the late Theodor Geisel. Read Across America Day will be held on Wednesday to commemorate Geisel's birthday.
Rock 'n' Read is May 2-4 at the Edmonds Bookshop, 111 Fifth Ave. S. It begins May 2 at 11 a.m. and continues through 5 p.m. on March 4. For more information, go to the Edmonds Bookshop Web site or call 425-775-2789.