Bookworms united to sample dozens of genres and stories at Wareham Elementary School's book tasting event.

Wareham Elementary School fourth grade teacher Geoff O'Brien catered the event with fellow teacher Kim Bergamini, setting up multiple tables to resemble a restaurant.

O’Brien provided restaurant-style tablecloths and set up dinner plates and napkins. Each table provided a different "tasting," which translates to a different book genre per table.

 “For example, we set one table with literary nonfiction, another table with graphic novels, science fiction, poetry, etc.,” O’Brien said. “Each genre had a tasting card in the middle of the table.”

Students took a few minutes to “taste” their chosen book by sampling a few pages. From there they rated the books and provided their first impressions.

O'Brien selected four genres for the tasting — poetry, graphic novels, fiction and nonfiction and invited special guests like School Committee member Joyce Bacchioci, and Melissa Dyer, who represented the Wareham Public Library.

For dessert, at the end of the tasting, the students enjoyed treats while Dyer delivered a presentation about the library and passed out forms for the kids to obtain library cards.

“Thank you, Mr. O’Brien, for pulling together this fascinating experience,” said Superintendent Matthew D’Andrea. “And a big thank you to Melissa Dyer from the Wareham Public Library for an impressive presentation and extraordinary assistance. We look forward to working more with Ms. Dyer and the library in the very near future.”