In November, Readers Are Leaders volunteers read two books📘📙, “Giraffes Can’t Dance” by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees and “Piper Chen Sings” written by Phillipa Soo and Maris Pasquale Doran, illustrated by Qin Leng. Students in 49 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms in ten San Jose elementary schools enjoyed the session.

Some of our readers showed the students how to say butterfly🦋👐in American Sign Language, let them dance in place🕺 or taught them hand-jive, dancing with their hands🙌👏!

After reading, the books were left in the classroom libraries and each student was gifted “The Fly” by Elise Gravel to keep, read and take home.

If you like to read to kids, join us!