Photos: Buffalo State's Global Book Hour
The Global Book Hour, a free program from Buffalo State, was created to give its teacher candidates experience teaching global literacy to children, while also instilling a love of reading in the children, showing them around the world with storybooks. Buffalo News photojournalist Libby March visited a Book Hour at Wegmans on Amherst Street on November 10, 2022.
Students, teacher candidates and parents fill the room to learn about Canada and read stories during Global Book Hour at Wegmans on Amherst Street.
Jack Reed, 7, reacts as Buffalo State teacher candidate Diamond Butler reads "Under the Snow" during Global Book Hour at Wegmans on Amherst Street.
Buffalo State teacher candidate Angela Anzalone teaches Zoe Crawford (left), 4, Zoey Roberts (center left), 5, and Desi Crawford, 2, at Wegmans on Amherst Street.
Children examine maps during Global Book Hour at Wegmans on Amherst Street.
Buffalo State teacher candidate Natajah Jackson works with children during Global Book Hour at Wegmans on Amherst Street.
Joelle Ramos, left, and Ariana Melendez, both 7, learn with teacher candidate Tayllor Clark during Global Book Hour at Wegmans on Amherst Street.
Theo Lapidus, 2, plays with his new journal during Global Book Hour.
Katherine Conway-Turner, president of SUNY Buffalo State College, reads "Under the Snow" by Melissa Stewart during Global Book Hour at Wegmans on Amherst Street.
Desi Crawford, 2, plays with a horse figurine in artificial snow during Global Book Hour at Wegmans on Amherst Street.
Theo Lapidus, 2, scribbles and shows off his new journal as teacher candidates Kathleen Dunne, left, and Julia Monteferrante, and Everett Taylor, 5, watch during Global Book Hour at Wegmans on Amherst Street.
Erin Taylor, a Buffalo State teacher candidate, reads to her sons, Thaddeus Taylor (far left), 8, and Everett Taylor (center left), 5, and Desi Crawford (center right), 2, and Zoe Crawford (right), 4, during Global Book Hour at Wegmans on Amherst Street.
Buffalo State teacher candidate Hayden Trapper holds Desi Crawford, 2, as he plays with artificial snow.
Buffalo State teacher candidate Diamond Butler (center) reads to Jack Reed, 7, and Zoey Roberts, 5, during Global Book Hour at Wegmans on Amherst Street.
Libby March
Forever a Michigander, newly a proud Buffalonian. I worked as a freelance photojournalist for ten years with frequent contributions to The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and more, before joining the staff at The Buffalo News in summer 2022.
Every week, for five weeks a semester, a team of students in Buffalo State’s teacher education program roll out a colorful rug, set up activity stations and transform the community room at Wegmans on Amherst Street into Global Book Hour.