Kindergarten teachers Eugene Shevertalov and Rebecca Kibler of PS 5 in Manhattan browse for books for their classrooms during the UFT/AFT First Book event in the schoolyard of PS 175 in Harlem on April 27.

The schoolyard is packed with parents, teachers and students choosing from among the 40,000 books.

Parent Tamara Foster discusses the titles she chose for her daughter.

There were so many books from which to choose. 

A 3rd-grader makes up her mind.

Lee Nelson, a teacher at PS 5 in Manhattan, is happy with one of his choices.

District Representative Zina Burton-Myrick (left) and PS 154 teacher Ganeen Dean watch the activity that surrounds them.

Parent Hope Scott volunteers at the event.

A 7th-grader from Frederick Douglass Academy shows off her new book.

A PS 123 7th-grader figures out how to best carry his treasures.

Event overseers (from left) Manhattan Borough Representative Dwayne Clark, District Representative Zina Burton-Myrick and Anthony Harmon, the UFT director of parent and community outreach.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew and volunteer LaTonya Ossanah get ready for a busy day.