You might have noticed that we’re on a bit of a hot streak as far as the author visits we’ve funded over the past few years.
Mathew Cordell, Jason Chin, Christine Soontornvat. These are some of the most popular, highly acclaimed children’s book authors in the business, and all of them have visited our schools to speak to our students in recent years, thanks to funding from the Foundation and KDL Friends of the Library.
Choosing such notable authors is no coincidence. “Monica Walen from KDL and I share a list of authors we’d like to have visit our schools,” says Sarah Webber, who coordinates the elementary libraries for EGRPS thanks to funding from the Foundation. Walen and Webber come up with their wish list of possible authors, and then the Foundation and Friends of the Library make their wishes come true.
Next year’s visiting author is Carole Boston Weatherford, whom Webber calls “the queen of non-fiction picture books.”
Thank you, Foundation donors, for making this opportunity possible for our students!
