Nearly 300 elementary students across the Lake Washington School District attend ‘Paws to Read’

March 17, 2010 3:07 pm
Guest author Ben Mikaelsen signs a copy of his book for Rosa Parks fourth-grader Michelle Yang (right) during a Young Author's event at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in Kirkland last Saturday. Nearly 300 students from the Lake Washington School District attended the event
Guest author Ben Mikaelsen signs a copy of his book for Rosa Parks fourth-grader Michelle Yang (right) during a Young Author's event at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in Kirkland last Saturday. Nearly 300 students from the Lake Washington School District attended the event

Nearly 300 elementary students across the Lake Washington School District gathered at Benjamin Franklin Elementary for the “Paws to Read” young author’s event Saturday.

Sponsored by the Lake Washington Literacy Council, the event featured special guest author Ben Mikaelsen, and local authors Bonny Becker and Tom Brenner. During the event, guest authors and students read to each other.