Author Visit!

In an age when media devices dominate our world we in our small community are blessed to have an active and responsive independent book shop that works hard to put books in the hands of teachers to inspire the next generation of readers. One amazing service (and let's identify it as an incredible gift!) that they have provided this fall are visits from well known children's authors to the local schools. One special visitor that spent a morning at Cornwall School was Ashley Wolff. Ashley grew up in Middlebury, attended local schools, studied at RISD, and is now building a home on the lake. She enthralled the children in grades K-3 with her story about becoming an artist and a book author. She enlisted the talents and ideas from the children to create a storybook complete with illustrations that adorns the primary hall wall. It has thrilled me to see the impact of her visit through the writing and drawing of the Primary children. They have taken her message of "keep on drawing; the more you draw the better you become" to heart!

First Graders posing with Ashley Wolff. They are holding Bear and Miss Bindergarten as well as a collection of Ashley's books.