Reading Mania at Mendez Elementary

Reading Mania swept through Mendez Elementary last week with book-themed costumes and special guests filling the school. Among them was Priscilla Delgado, who read aloud from Carolyn Dee Flores “The Amazing Watercolor Fish/El Asombroso Pez Acuarela” to a class of third graders. Daily Record photos by Denise Cathey

Fifth-grader Dominic Valdez, book lover and would-be chef, sports a chef’s outfit to go along with his chosen book “America’s Most Wanted Recipes: Kids Menu.”

Illustrator Ros Hill talks with a group of third graders about his book “Unexpected Tails.”

After finishing her book, guest reader Katrina Jackson is presented with a thank you card from her daughter Brooklyn’s class.