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Long Beach principal on Scholastic Sandy donation: 'They needed these books'
Long Beach's East Elementary School, hit hard by superstorm Sandy,�received donated books from Scholastic publishing, which principal Sean Murray distributed to students. Videojournalist: Brittany Wait (Jan. 17, 2013) (January 17, 2013 8:02 PM)
Gwen Serafin, 5, flipped through the pages of “I’m a Princess” by Kirsten Hall and giggled at her favorite page, showing a father kissing the hand of his daughter who is dressed as a princess.
Gwen was among the 17 kindergartners at East Elementary School in Long Beach to receive brand-new children’s books donated by global publisher Scholastic on Thursday.
To replace the books lost...
