RICHMOND, Va. — Elementary school students and their families from 143 Virginia schools get to read the same book in March.
Starting Friday, March 1, about 60,000 participants will read their own copy of “Cleo Edison Oliver: Playground Millionaire” by Sundee T. Frazier for Virginia Reads One Book.
“We’re excited that in this second year of Virginia Reads One Book the number of participating students has grown from 40,000 to 60,000 students,” says Read to Them Executive Director John Dwyer. “Students from as far apart as Bristol, Tidewater and Fairfax will be reading the same book at the same time.”
Virginia Reads One Book 2019 includes four districts: Richmond city with 26 schools, Norfolk with 33 schools, Portsmouth with 13 schools and Petersburg with four schools.
“’Cleo Edison Oliver: Playground Millionaire’ features a girl of color as an aspiring entrepreneur and business leader,” says Read to Them Program Director Cathy Plageman (PLAG-man). “To that end, we are sharing with schools videos of women CEOs reading chapters of the book and are encouraging schools to recruit their own local women CEOs to appear at school assemblies.”
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