MITCHELL — Elementary students looking for a good book to read have another option to find one at Longfellow Elementary School in Mitchell.
The school held a ribbon-cutting Friday, Jan. 10 for its new book vending machine. Longfellow Elementary School is the second elementary school in the district to have a machine that dispenses books that students can take home and keep for themselves. Gertie Belle Rogers also has a machine that students can access.
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The tokens used to purchase a book from the book vending machine at Longfellow Elementary School pictured on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Mitchell.
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Longfellow Elementary Scool Librarian Lydia Brink, middle, cuts the ribbon of a book vending machine that sits in the school library on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Mitchell.
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Each book costs a single token, which students can acquire from faculty members by completing reading challenges or for their birthday.
Longfellow Elementary School Librarian Lydia Brink holds up a book she got from the book vending machine that sits in the school library on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Mitchell.
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The machines are stocked with books donated by parents or purchased by the school through the Scholastic Book Fair.
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