Elementary students from across Ohio County Schools indicated Thursday they do read, and they enjoy doing it.

The school district hosted its second annual elementary school literature fair at Wheeling Park High School. The event is sponsored by the West Virginia Reading Association.

There were 156 entrants across 15 categories, explained Raquel McLeod, educational services director for Ohio County Schools. Students could enter as an individual, as a pair or as an entire class.

The literature fair is similar to a science fair in that students are asked to read and do research on a book, then prepare an informational backboard to be displayed at the fair describing the book.

Backboards were required to contain information about the book, such as its title, author, publisher and publishin

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