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Every year, I read to a number of classes in the area on Dr. Seuss' birthday -- also known as Read Across America.  It's a way to share the importance of reading by having the community share some tales with the students. 

This year was different and cool for another reason.  For the first time, I was able to read to my son's class since he is in kindergarten.

Elkhorn Public Schools know how to pull out the behind-the-scene stops for a big group of listeners too.

The 5 kindergarten classes piled into the cafeteria in two waves.  Staff hooked up a projector so that the youngsters could see the pages of the book blown up on the wall.  They even had a microphone to capture every word.  (and with Dr. Seuss there are a lot of them!)

I read two books: Green Eggs and Ham (many of them cringed when I reminded them that it was also a course for lunch that day) and One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (that wasn't on the menu).

Here are the class photos from the Manchester kindergarteners: