Lower School students eagerly shopped for new books during the Scholastic Book Fair this past week.

The fair, themed “Reading is So Fun It’ll Give You Goosebumps,” aimed at promoting enthusiasm and enjoyment of reading. It took place in the lower school library over several days with all divisions visiting the fair.

A surprise visit by Clifford the Big Red Dog highlighted the fair. Students also participated in a cookie guessing game, the winners of which were fifth graders Jolie Heresa and Jolie Taurua, fourth graders Jondrina Cambra and Nevaeh Coffin and first grader Chayla Kihano.

Fifty percent of all purchases went to buying books for the lower school library. Over $3,000 was raised for the new reading materials.

The library also raised $125 to buy new books for the Palolo Elementary School Library, 100 of which was a gift to the library for participating in the book fair and the remaining 25 raised by families of students.