NOCO Style, a Northern Colorado lifestyle magazine, featured a heroic Book Celebration at Shawsheen Elementary School in Greeley, CO.

216 copies of Dog Man: Big Jim Begins were distributed to second through fifth graders at Shawsheen as part of a nationwide donation from renowned author and illustrator Dav Pilkey.

To celebrate the arrival of Dog Man: Big Jim Begins in partner schools across the country, Book Trust educators planned “Read Together Hero Moments” to recognize one of the themes in the Dog Man series about ordinary people doing extraordinarily good deeds. From February 17 through 28, Book Trust schools highlighted everyday heroes, including those who give someone else the gift of time to read together.

At Shawsheen’s celebration, 30 Greeley West High School students visited to read with younger students. They spent the morning reading aloud in pairs, small groups, and even to entire classes.

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