Reading on a special day

Special visitors came to yesterday's session of Literacy Lunches to share their take on Valentine's Day. Aphrodite (Grand Forks Central senior Jacy Thibert) and Cupid (GFC senior Hailey Adams) read from texts about hugs and kisses and secret admirers.

In Secret Valentine, read by Aphrodite, Molly the Mouse gets a Valentine from a secret admirer/friend and sets out to find who it is. From Hugs and Kisses, read by Cupid, we learn that hugs and kisses can come in all kinds of forms and that, "kisses, like gifts, are for when you feel like giving and receiving." And in Froggy's First Kiss, read by both Aphrodite and Cupid, Froggy gets his first kiss from a girl.

Thibert and Adams said that they chose the books they did  "to show that Valentine's Day isn't just for romantic couples, but rather is a day to express true love and affection for any special people in our lives."

If you want to check out the selections from yesterday, here is more detailed information about each book. Secret Valentine is by Laura Damon. Hugs and Kisses is by Bruce Davis and Genny Wright. Froggy's First Kiss is by Jonathon London and Frank Remkiewicz.