{"id":15007,"date":"2015-09-23T09:57:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T15:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=15007"},"modified":"2015-09-23T09:57:30","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T15:57:30","slug":"largest-book-party-promotes-reading-to-young-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=15007","title":{"rendered":"Largest Book Party Promotes Reading to Young Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Officer Steve Michael<\/strong> from the Florissant Police Department and some enthusiastic young readers who participated in the Largest Book Party \u2013 St. Louis<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/First-Book-Photo-pg-2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15008\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/First-Book-Photo-pg-2-300x267.jpg?resize=300%2C267\" alt=\"First Book Photo   pg 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/h1>\n<p>Mayor Schneider, Police Chief Lowery and members of the Florissant Police Department and Florissant Valley Fire Protection District hosted and participated in the third annual \u201cLargest Book Party \u2013 St. Louis\u201d at the outdoor roof of the James J. Eagan Center ice rink on Monday, Sept. 14.<\/p>\n<p>First Book \u2013 St. Louis provided books for the officers and firemen to read to young children to promote the importance of reading. Mayor Schneider observed that the officers and children made positive connections during the event. It was hard to tell who was having the most fun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Largest Book Party \u2013 St. Louis\u201d offered 300 children from low-income families a chance to enjoy story time and snacks, but they also were able to pick out four new books to take home. For the past 16 years, First Book \u2013 St. Louis has worked to place new books in the hands of children in the greater St. Louis area. 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