NY1's morning news anchor Pat Kiernan asked 4th Graders questions about the day's news, including:
  • What are the most important stories of today?
  • What news stories do you find most surprising?
  • What news stories do you agree or disagree with?






Author and illustrator Brian Schatell captivated 1st Graders demonstrated the book illustration printing process...
 
Brian Schatell and Assistant Librarian Dawnica Conyette.
 
EVERYBODY READS WEEK at PS 87
May  27 – 30, 2008
 
For our annual celebration of reading, we invited authors, illustrators
and prominent book lovers to share their love of books with our students.
 
Many of our participants are current, future and past
PARENTS at PS 87.

Carolyn McFarlane, Literacy Teacher
Dawnica Conyette, Assistant Librarian
 
Comments?  Write to librarian@ps87library.org.
Author and illustrator Nick Bruel read to Kindergarten and 1st Grade students from his new book, Little Red Bird...
...Then helped the students make up a story using "Roar" as the title to teach the art of building a story.
Courtney's dog, Xavier, strikes a pose before greeting the children.
Volunteer Courtney Gross (l.) and Librarian Agnes Beck (r.) from the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library share a smile with Literacy Teacher Carolyn McFarlane (c.).
Dan Elish read from his latest book, The Attack of the Frozen Woodchucks, to 4th Grade students.
(l. to r.) Assistant Librarian Dawnica Conyette, Assistant Principal Barbara Kissane and Anchorman Pat Kiernan.
New York Public Librarian Dina Brasseur talks to eager
2nd and 3rd Graders about NYPL's 2008 Summer Reading Club, whose theme this year is "Catch the Reading Bug!"
...then treated them to a reading of his very funny story, Farmer Goff and His Turkey Sam.
Niki Yektai, author and PS 87 Reading Volunteer, shares her book What's Missing with very lucky Pre-Kindergarten students.
Jill Ahrold, PS 87 Afterschool Instructor and Film Director, tells 2nd Graders how it felt to grow up with dyslexia — a story the children  felt was amazing.
Jill shares her joy of the written word with a group of engrossed students. She chose Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh.
Laura Friedman, illustrator of the Henry the Steinway series.
Nancy Krulik read from
one of her Katie Kazoo Swetcheroo books to a group of
very quiet
2nd Graders.
NOT PICTURED: Catherine Stine, author, teacher and illustrator, discussed her latest work, Be Careful What You Wish For, in the classroom.
It was a landslide victory for Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's reading of My Teacher for President by Kay Winters.
PS 87 Library Literacy Teacher Carolyn McFarlane with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, himself an author of his newly published The Go Green East Harlem Cookbook.
Author and PS 87 teacher Jenny Lombard
read from her book
Drita, My Homegirl.
Michele Sobel Spirn read from two of her books — Mysterious People and her latest Racing Against the Light — answered questions and shared humorous tidbits.
Deborah Hautzig, author of the Little Witch Easy Reader series and retellings of Hans Christian Anderson stories, shared her work with students in the PS 87 Library.
Ann Morris — author of Families; Bread, Bread, Bread; Hats, Hats, Hats; and many others — reads to a lucky classroom.
3rd and 4th Graders were treated to readings and discussions with Lyndall Callan, PS 87 parent and co-author of Dirt on Their Skirts: The Story of the Young Women Wo Won the World Championship.
Officer Caren Orange read Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann to very obedient Kindergarteners.
Firefighter Brian Fealy demonstrates for Kindergarteners how firefighters get dressed as Lieutenant Kenneth Winkler looks on.
PS 87 Assistant Principal Barbara Kissane poses with local heroes Firefighter Brian Fealy (l.) and Lieutenant Kenneth Winkler.
Not all of the special guests for PS 87's 2008 Everybody Reads Week are pictured here. Other guests included Council Member Gale A. Brewer, Jules Feiffer, Mary Carson, Agnes Martinez and many others. Thank you on behalf of our PS 87 students!