The West campus' College of Teacher Education and Leadership will hold a children's book drive and fair Tuesday in the Classroom Laboratory/Computing Classroom building courtyard.

Dan Turbyfill, event manager for the teachers’ college, said the book drive was started three years ago by the college's alumni to bring materials to their Teaching Resource Library.

This year’s drive will run from 5 to 7 p.m.

Anyone who donates a children's book for the event will have his or her name placed in a bookplate inside their donated book.

The library offers teaching resources for education students and instructors to check out when needed. There is also a mock classroom in the library that includes a SMART Board so students have a chance to practice on the board and learn to use it before working in a real classroom.

The event will also feature entertainment from children's singer Christopher Bellew and Clifford the Big Red Dog.

"It's just a good way for us to bring back our alumni," Turbyfill said. "We'll have current students there, and we've invited whole families to come."

There will also be hot apple cider and holiday treats for those who donate at the bash.

New to this year's bash will be a Scholastic Book Fair, which sells children's books to those looking for gifts for younger children. All proceeds will go to the Teaching Resource Library.

"What we're doing this year that we've never done before is partner with Scholastic Book Fairs, and we're selling brand new books," Turbyfill said. "When [students] buy the books, they can get them for the holidays or donate them back to the library."

Secondary education junior Kelsi Jones said she is in favor of anything that helps children to get involved in reading books.

"I'm a nanny ... and the kids that I work with love reading books," she said. "Anytime there's a book fair, it's wonderful because in this day and age there's no reading at all."

Mary Collins, a history junior, used to have problems getting her 9-year-old son to read until a book drive gave him a number of Garfield books.

"I can't get him to put his books down," Collins said. She said book drives help kids find areas that they're interested in.

"It's also cheaper on me if people are donating," she said. Collins plans to bring her son to Tuesday's event.

Reach the reporter at joshua.d.snyder@asu.edu.