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Kids Learn the Fun of Reading at Book Blast!

Story time meets play time at this reading event in Great Lakes Mall

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Families gathered for Saturday at Great Lakes Mall.

Celebrity readers – like The Green Hornet and players from the Cleveland Gladiators and Lake County Captains – read to children and taught them the fun of reading.

Children listened to favorites like Strawberry Shortcake: My First Sleepover and the classic The Little Engine that Could between games and giveaways.

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Families also brought new and gently used books to donate to the Lake County YMCA.

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