Book Swap From Sonja Yefsky, a reading specialist at Central Middle School in Parsippany, New Jersey: ìEach year our school holds Drop Everything And Read (Dear) Week. It has become an annual tradition eagerly awaited by students and staff alike. We hold a book swap for students and staff. So that everyone will be prepared for DEAR week, and have a book they enjoy for the evening of March 2, students and staff will bring in books that are gently used and age appropriate to be swapped during one period of our school day. We have a contest for which grade level can bring in the most books and offer 2 for l coupons. On day of the swap participants can select as many books as they have coupons. The additional books are donated to an appropriate needy facility.î