Kids read 665 award-winning books

BEST OF THE BEST- Fifth-grade students at Red Oak Elementary School in Oak Park display some of the books they read in the two-month long library reading contest. Students read a total of 665 Newbery gold medal books, considered to be the best of the best of children's fiction. The winning readers are, from left, Wendy Ziao (53 books); Cathy Sun (37 books); Kristin Kiasaleh (36 books); Jonathan Grainirer (35 books); and Nick Kelly (32 books).