Children and families can enjoy page-turning fun at the Mandell JCC’s 5^th Annual Great Children’s Read on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014.

Submitted by Larah Winn, Mandell JCC

Submitted photo.

Book loving families are invitied to sit, listen and enjoy Children’s classics and PJ Library stories at the Mandell JCC’s 5^th Annual Great Children’s Read, on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Mandell JCC, Zachs Campus, 335 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT. This event is free and open to the community, and is presented by the Mandell JCC Jewish Book Festival, the Family Room Parenting Center, and PJ Library of Greater Hartford.

The Great Children’s Read will include Children’s books and PJ Library stories read aloud by local personalities, interactive art activities and a sing-along with Kindermusik’s Jen Ludgin. PJ Library will also be having a Book Swap that allows families to bring in duplicate books or books their children have outgrown and trade them in for books they may not have at home or donate their books to be distributed.

This event is free and open to the community. For more information on the 5^h Annual Great Children’s Read, contact Jane Pasternak, [email protected], 860-231-6342, or call the Member Services Center, 860-236-4571. For more on the Jewish Book Festival, contact Jill Ziplow, 860-231-6339, [email protected].

The 2014-2015 Mandell JCC Book Festival is funded by the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford and the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford, and sponsored by Mandell JCC Partners: Saint Francis Care, LAZ Parking, Farmington Bank, Brown Brothers Harriman, Simsbury Bank, Max Restaurant Group, Kimberly Boutique, Group Insurance Associates, Premier Limo, Blo Blow Dry Bar, Waterford Hotel Group, Hartford Car and Driver, Chabad House with the support of The Jewish Book Council, RJ Julia Independent Book Sellers, The Greater Hartford Arts Council, The Jewish Ledger, Mandell JCC Pillars Society and Pacesetters.