Hickman County Elementary students celebrate “I Love to Read Week” beginning on Monday, St. Valentine’s Day and continuing throughout the school week.

Librarian Tammy Taylor has planned activities ranging from a St. Valentine’s Day Box decorating contest to a Book Bowl – an academic team style trivia contest based on literature, a book swap and a parade of students and teachers dressed in character.

The cafeteria will offer special literature based lunches during I Love to Read Week. “Stone Soup” will be on the menu.

Students in K-3 brought in fanciful and creative St. Valentine’s Day boxes based on story characters.  The winning entries are shown at right.

The week will culminate in a reading challenge. If students can read 2000 books, Principal Johnson will do something silly – like a chicken dance or kissing a pig.

For more information on the week – and many more photos, go to TTaylorILovetoReadWeek