CLAY COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — Students at Paces Creek Elementary in Clay County filled the school library with excitement on Wednesday as they selected brand new books — five each — completely free through a special book fair program.

The "If You Give a Child a Book" campaign, a partnership between LEX 18, the Scripps Howard Fund and Scholastic Books, provides free book fairs to Title I schools like Paces Creek to help children build home libraries and remove financial barriers that prevent some families from accessing books.

"We're very appreciative of the opportunity that this brings to our students. The opportunity to read, the opportunity to have a resource to read, and we're very appreciative for the opportunity of the diversity of the books that they bring to the students. So we're j

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