Legacy Sponsorship Grants 2010: Children's Author and Illustrator Visit the School Library
Jackson County Library in cooperation with area schools sponsored Paul Zoch, local author and Blaise Jacobsen, local illustrator of the children's "What Do You Need?"book series to visit the school libraries.
Paul and Blaise did a short skit, read from their books and did some drawing for the K-3 classes at the Jackson, Lakefield and Heron Lake Elementary schools.
Each child got a Blaze and Maddy coloring sheet and a bookmark. Each library got two signed copies of each of the books in the series.
Program Date and Time: May 6, May 13 and June1, 2010
Number of Performances: approximately 12
Number of Attendees: 613
Children in grades K-3
Organization Partners:
Riverside Elementary School-Jackson
Pleasantview Elementary School-Lakefield
Heron Lake/Okabena Elementary School-Heron Lake
Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, pre-test/post-test, observations; End user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status.
The children and teachers were thrilled with Paul and Blaise coming to the school. Thank you letters were written to the author and illustrator by the 2nd grade from Pleasantview Elementary. Many children requested that Paul and Blaise come back next fall after their new book is published.The School Librarian from Heron Lake called to express her gratitude for providing the experience to her students. The students were all asking to check out the new books. The children got to learn about how Paul wrote the book and see how Blaise drew the pictures.This was a great opportunity for a large number of children to get the experience of meeting an author and illustrator.