Elizabeth Avenue School teacher Christa McLaughlin helps students Ava Lloyd, Maria Cruz Vasquez, Harlen Palma Martinez, Kristian Josifoski, Gianna Tomasello pick out books.
Christa McLaughlin glanced over to the group of five 1st Graders eating their lunch at a table in her classroom.
“Boys and girls,” she said, “do you like books?”
“Yes!” the students answered.
Their answer did not come as a surprise. McLaughlin, herself a book lover, has been stoking that passion for books in her students during her teaching career. But it wasn’t until two years ago that a chance meeting at an NJEA conference gave her the opportunity to supercharge that effort.
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