BRYAN EATON/Staff Photo. First-graders in Susan Kimball's class at Amesbury Elementary School participated in an online book discussion via Skype between Kimball’s class and first-graders at the Stevens Brook Elementary School in Bridgton, Maine, where her mom, Martha Jackson, is the school librarian. The project was initiated by AES school librarian, Lori Byman (pictured making the connection), as part of The Global Read project last November. Byman participated in similar online discussion forums with classes in both Amesbury and Boxford. When Kimball heard about the opportunity, she decided it would be a wonderful way to expand her students’ world view by meeting other first-graders and finding out how very much alike they are.

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