PAMKA's 2016 "Book Fair Wilderness...Get Lost in a Book" was a Huge Success!

PAMKA's 2016 "Book Fair Wilderness...Get Lost in a Book", the largest Scholastic Book Fair in the country, has once again been a truly resounding success. Led by Tri-Campus Chairs Toni Friedman and Catherine Halbert, our magnificent PAMKA volunteers transformed spaces and organized events that brought a sense of adventure to the MKA community.

David Shannon helped kick of the Book Fair at our Sunday Event when he delighted an audience of children and adults with his newest book, Duck on a Tractor. Matt de la Peña did double duty, inspiring both our upper school students and our youngest cougars at the primary school. Students at the primary school also enjoyed interactive presentations by Kristy Caldwell, Grace Lin, and David Gordon. Adam Gidwitz, Mike Maihack, Jennifer Weiner, and former MKA student K. E. Rocha motivated our middle school students to follow their dreams and keep writing.

The Book Fair concluded on Wednesday evening with a special community event, in conjunction with the Diversity and Inclusion Committee, when author Gail Lumet Buckley, daughter of entertainment legend Lena Horne, discussed her book, The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights with one African American Family.

As always, thanks go out to Scholastic for their support, especially Judy Newman (a former MKA parent) and Carol Levine, and to the parents on all three campuses that dedicate so much of their time to make this remarkable event possible.

Click here to see photos from the event