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Yancey's book fair passes 20-year mark
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Bay State Banner
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March 9, 2006
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- Miller, Yawu
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Miller, Yawu
Bay State Banner
03-09-2006
Aaron Jones still remembers the biography of Rosa Parks he picked up for
his daughter when he first came to Charles Yancey's annual book fair.
If his daughter, now a freshman at Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School,
doesn't remember the book, it's not surprising, given her voracious
appetite for the printed word.
"I like to read," she said. "I read about five books a month."
Saturday, Jones picked up a small stack of books for Karen and her brother
and sister at the book fair, which is now in its 20th year.
"This is a great event," he said. "The message is important: reading is
essential to the development of young minds."
Yancey estimates that his book fair ...