PHOTO: Longfellow book fair

Longfellow Elementary first-graders Joey King, left, and Grayson Laursen look through books during the Scholastic Book Fair on Monday afternoon at Longfellow Elementary School in Mitchell. The fair runs from 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day through Friday and is open to the public. Fifty percent of the proceeds from the fair will go to help buy books for the school’s library. In conjunction with the book fair, Longfellow is conducting a coin war for which Scholastic will donate a book for a child in need for each dollar that is raised. The money raised from the coin war will be used to purchase books for use in elementary school classrooms. (Chris Huber/Republic)