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Hello,
Garden City! I visited your city
for the second annual Literacy Carousel. It was an
exciting day with a big schedule of events. By the end of the day over 1,500
students had attended and received a free book or two.
There
were break dancers and folklorico dancers and Latin Heat dancers (from Garden
City Community College) appearing at different points as well as puppet shows
and performances by Shakespearean actors and even a Mountain Man! 
There
were three authors: Vivian Sathre, Jillian Lund, and James M. Deem--and lots of
reading games and activities and storytelling and read-alouds... all at the 3-I
building at the nearby Finney County fairgrounds. Everyone had a great time, and
the morning passed too quickly.
I
appeared on the Unicorn Stage and talked about researching Bodies
from the Bog. I showed some bog body slides
as well.
I want to thank Dr. Leticia
Porter of the Garden City Schools and Barbara Larson of the Garden City
Community College for inviting me to participate in this wonderful event. And I
especially want to thank teacher John West for being my chauffeur that weekend.
If you
want to say hi or ask a question, you can e-mail me here.
