Legacy Sponsorship Grants 2011: Author Kaia Kloster

Kaia Kloster, who has her degrees in Physics and Psychology, told us how she loves to tell stories. A friend suggested that she write these stories down. Another friend is a watercolor artist and used Kaia's children's childhood pictures to demonstrate her stories. Kaia has the original watercolors along with the pictures and showed us how they were used to go with her stories. She talked and showed her items in such a way that the children sat mesmerized and the adults were in awe at the work. She made her hobby farm named animals come to life with her telling of her book, and how she made the book. She had her book of paper, sewn with machine, that she used to begin her process.

Kloster conducted two programs on August 16, 2010. After the artist spoke and visited with the children, there were many crafts and games available for the ones that attended. This was also a time of working together with mother, grandmothers and children. At the evening program, it was similar, but even if one was there in the afternoon, it was still interesting to be there at the evening program.

The graduation party for 5 small children was an exciting time for parents and grandparents as well as the staff, author and children. Mortar boards, Pomp and Circumstance music, diplomas, the whole nine yards is done for the children. The library director had each child take their book to the author to have it signed, each in a special way.