Books for Christian Island kids

April 30, 2013
Grace Day, Grade 4, and Christian Island Elementary School principal Angela Johnson present Midland store manager Ann Haines.
Grace Day, Grade 4, and Christian Island Elementary School principal Angela Johnson present Midland store manager Ann Haines.

With a special thank-you card after Coles Books declared their school the winner of $2,000 in new books. The Midland store placed in the company’s top ten for book sales last year. Principal Johnson polled teachers and students about preferences, and came up with a list of purchases that includes non-fiction titles such as dictionaries, novels, local publications and teacher curriculum.    – By Sharon Weatherall