FERRIDAY — For the last two weeks, the students at Huntington School haven’t been clamoring to use the school’s technology, but instead are lining up to learn old school — by buying books.

This week is the second week of the school’s semiannual book fair.

“They love it,” Librarian Emily Guida said. “They are always excited about it coming.”

The book fair is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the school’s library, but its purpose is twofold.

“One of those purposes is to raise funds for the library and the other is stimulate interest in reading,” Guida said.

One of the ways the school does that is by having a middle school student give a book talk to elementary students.

Sixth grader Molli Loomis, 11, did a presentation to the school’s kindergartener about the book “Our Class is Going Green,” a work about environmentalism that was written by a kindergarten class.

Loomis said she thought the class enjoyed the presentation, and she hoped she impressed the importance of reading upon the younger students.

“You need to read in every job you have, and you have to be able to read to get a good education,” she said.

Fifth grader Alli Jackson, 10, did a presentation to the younger students on the book, “The Holly Jolidays.”

“It’s a book about a little boy who wants it to snow, but his sister doesn’t think it will,” Jackson said. “It was very cute.”

As for herself, Jackson said she prefers to read books about animals, especially dogs.

And it was the books about animals that Marquese Thomas, 11, instantly gravitated to when he entered the library.

“I like to read about elephants, lions — endangered species,” the sixth grader said. “I want to learn everything I can about them.”

And Thomas has a big reason for wanting to read as many books possible about different animals.

“I want to own my own zoo one day.”