$1,000 makes for a good read at P.S. 249

Literacy is the good word for members of the Newkirk Area Neighborhood Association, who take Public School 249 students on a tale-telling journey to promote the love of reading after donating $1,000’s worth of books to the Flatbush school, 18 Marlborough Road

Pictured are: Leonora Loney, Pearl Lee, Saul Schneiweiss, Assemblymember Rhoda Jacobs, Mavis Theodore, Principal Elisa Brown and Sandra Harris, and students Alex Cabrera, Alesha Lissone and Arianna Grees (from clockwise).