Laura Perri, who retired as librarian of Jefferson-Morgan School District in 2011, reads “Good Night, Sleep Tight, Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite,” to fourth-grade students in the classroom of Steve Roszak Friday. In the front, from left, are Creed Duda and Morgan Taylor. In the rear are Payne Saunders, Owen Maddich and Savannah Kramer.

At left, state Sen. Tim Solobay donned the topper of the Cat in the Hat as he read Dr. Seuss’s “Ten Apples on Top” to kindergarten students at Jefferson-Morgan Elementary School. Seated in front, from left, are Ronin Kramer, Alyssa Long, Riley Venick and Kiersten Webster. In rear is Sarah Ankrom. On this day in 1904, Seuss was born. Tara Kinsell/Observer-Reporter