Students at Ravenscroft School at 7409 Falls of the Neuse Road are already turning those pages -- with the help of two authors, Frank Beddor and Elise Primavera, who are visiting the school this month.

Beddor is author of "Seeing Red," the second book in the "The Looking Glass Wars" trilogy, according to a news release from Ravenscroft.

Primavera is author of "The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls." She has won several awards including the James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, the release states.

* Students at Wildwood Forest Elementary School at 8401 Wild Wood Forest Drive will kick off Reading Week starting Monday. As part of activities planned for the week, parents and teachers will share their favorite children's books. A Favorite Book Character Parade is in the works as well as a Family Reading Fun Night.

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A big congratulations to Brentwood Elementary School, which won Wake County's first "Watershed Stewardship School Award" award during a Clean Water Celebration on Oct. 6.

Brentwood's fifth-grade teacher, Tom LaCivita, also claimed the county's first Watershed Stewardship Teacher of the Year Award.

Brentwood has been instrumental in protecting nearby Marsh Creek and managing stormwater runoff from the school. Students created the school-wide Clean Water Celebration and partnered with Raleigh's stormwater division in marking storm drains in the area to help residents learn their part in preventing water pollution.

Wake Soil and Water Conservation District and the City of Raleigh Stormwater Management Division selected Brentwood for the award.