From left, San Jose Sharks hockey players Will Smith, Macklin Celebrini and Zack Ostapchuk, as well as Canada’s women’s national team member and four-time Olympic medalist Rebecca Johnston, sign books before reading to students at Walter L. Bachrodt Elementary School in San Jose on Thursday. photos by Shae Hammond — staff photographer

ABOVE LEFT: Johnston reads to a class at Bachrodt Elementary on Thursday. RIGHT: Celebrini and Sharks mascot S.J. Sharkie sign autographs at Bachrodt Elementary. The event was designed as a way to promote reading.