Barnes & Noble and PAESP Present Warm Up To A Good Book – It’s the Principal of the Thing! Story Hour 

Barnes & Noble of Camp Hill, Pa., is partnering with the Pennsylvania Association of Elementary School Principals to present Warm Up To A Good Book, It's the Principal of the Thing! Story Hour, beginning in January 2002. The program essentially works like this:  principals sign up to be the featured reader at one of the Story Hours, held evenings from 6-7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble in Camp Hill.   

Participating principals will lead the Story Hour by reading six books of their choice.  Barnes & Noble will provide a flyer to be distributed to students one week prior to the event. As a thank you for being a special guest, you will receive a Barnes & Noble thermal tumbler. Best of all, Barnes & Noble will give your school a percentage of all purchases made by the students and/or parents who bring in the flyer on the evening that you read, between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m.  

This should be a fun event and a wonderful way to demonstrate your love of reading to the students in your school. Students enjoy seeing their school principal in the public spotlight, and other Principal Story Hours throughout the country have been very successful in drawing students to this reading event. This program has been designed to be a simple way to promote reading, raise money for your school and foster a positive relationship between principals, students, parents and Barnes & Noble.  

Story Hours will be scheduled between January 7 and March 22.  Please call Miranda Connelly, community relations manager at Barnes & Noble, at 737-1350 to schedule a date and receive more details.  Ms. Connelly will be compiling a list of participating principals which will be sent to participants along with a confirmation letter.