GREAT BAY/MARIGOT As the St. Martin Book Fair Committee (BFC) gears up for the 7th annual St. Martin Book Fair, June 4 - 6, 2009, youngsters and seniors were brought together recently to share "the joy of reading and Caribbean books," said Shujah Reiph, book fair coordinator. For the recent pre-book fair activity, BFC connected school children and the elderly at the St. Martin Home at St. John Estate (Photo 1) and the Bethany Home in Marigot (Photo 2). "It was a beautiful and dignified sight to see those from a generation that once told us stories from memory now enjoying stories being read to them from Caribbean books by our youngsters," said Reiph. In the photos, pupils pose with residents of the senior citizens homes following the story readings. Photo 1: Georgiyann Richardson, MAC Browlia Milliard Campus, read from Brotherhood of the Spurs by Lasana M. Sekou and Xenji Wyatt, Sr. Magda School, read from Claude's Adventure by Wendy-Ann Diaz. Photo 2: Joseph Maccow, CIA secondary school, read from Brotherhood of the Spurs and Casimir Woolgens, Nina Duverly School, read from Une robe couleur soleil by Nicole Cage-Florentiny. Woolgens is also the winner of his school's 5th Grade reading contest 2009. Wyatt is the winner of the 2009 readerthon organized by Philipsburg Jubilee Library. (CLF photo)
GREAT BAY/MARIGOT As the St. Martin Book Fair Committee (BFC) gears up for the 7th annual St. Martin Book Fair, June 4 - 6, 2009, youngsters and seniors were brought together recently to share "the joy of reading and Caribbean books," said Shujah Reiph, book fair coordinator. For the recent pre-book fair activity, BFC connected school children and the elderly at the St. Martin Home at St. John Estate (Photo 1) and the Bethany Home in Marigot (Photo 2). "It was a beautiful and dignified sight to see those from a generation that once told us stories from memory now enjoying stories being read to them from Caribbean books by our youngsters," said Reiph. In the photos, pupils pose with residents of the senior citizens homes following the story readings. Photo 1: Georgiyann Richardson, MAC Browlia Milliard Campus, read from Brotherhood of the Spurs by Lasana M. Sekou and Xenji Wyatt, Sr. Magda School, read from Claude's Adventure by Wendy-Ann Diaz. Photo 2: Joseph Maccow, CIA secondary school, read from Brotherhood of the Spurs and Casimir Woolgens, Nina Duverly School, read from Une robe couleur soleil by Nicole Cage-Florentiny. Woolgens is also the winner of his school's 5th Grade reading contest 2009. Wyatt is the winner of the 2009 readerthon organized by Philipsburg Jubilee Library. (CLF photo)