Published: 12/22/2020 4:47:19 PM
AMHERST Pulling out the picture book “Alma and How She Got Her Name” from a paper bag, first grader Juniper Westgate expressed delight at the gift.
“I think it’s kind of cool,” Juniper said from the back seat of a vehicle parked in front of Crocker Farm School Monday afternoon, telling her father, Matthew Westgate, that she might begin reading “Alma,” or another book in the bag, “The All-Together Quilt,” as they ventured from the school to their next stop.
Juniper, 7, was among more than 400 students who received age-appropriate books with social justice themes either picked up drive-thru style or delivered as part of the Crocker C.A.R.E. Home Reading Bags.