Jenn Ireland / The Californian.Second grader Abby Hobbs, center, flips through her brand new copy of Nate the Great , by author Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, while sitting with her classmates in the cafeteria of Wingland Elementary School Friday morning. Around 130 copies of the book were handed out to the school s second grade students by the North Bakersfield Rotary, in an effort to increase interest in reading at home and to improve reading skills. _ (imago / Zuma Press)
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