Bookfair to Benefit Room to Read

Three local children’s authors will be featured at a bookfair to support the Connecticut chapter of Room to Read on April 14 at Barnes & Noble of Manchester in The Shoppes at Buckland Hills.

The bookfair, which will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., will also feature various activities for children.

During the fair, Barnes & Noble shoppers can use a special voucher with book fair ID number (10684512) to have 10 percent of the cost of their purchases go to support Room to Read, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving literacy. Vouchers will be available from libraries and various businesses in the area.

The fundraising aspect of the bookfair runs for one day in Barnes & Noble stores, but runs for five days online (www.bn.com/bookfairs) from April 14 to 19. Shoppers simply have to provide the code number (10684512) during the purchase process. (NOTE: The voucher number can be used for purchases in any Barnes & Noble store on April 14.)

Beginning at 10 a.m. on April 14 in the Manchester store, volunteers from the Central Connecticut chapter of Room to Read will coordinate different in-store events such as story-telling, games, puzzles and more. Featured authors will include:

11 a.m. - Fantasy adventure novelist P.W. Catanese, “The Books of Umber”

Noon -  Lynn Eddy, author of “Every Body Loves Yoga”

1 p.m. – Local children’s author Pegi Deitz Shea, “The Taxing Case of the Cows”

Room to Read is a nonprofit organization that distributes books, builds libraries and promotes literacy in developing countries. It is dedicated to gender equity and helping lift girls out of poverty through literacy and education. More information is available at www.roomtoread.org/centralconnecticut