Authors in your Neighborhood

From left to right, Lana Button, Jennifer Mook-Sang, Jennifer Maruno, Anitha Rao-Robinson, Jennifer Faria, Sylvia McNicoll

Bringing fun to reading and writing, that’s always been my goal.  The joy of meeting the author–that should be accessible to all and it should start when you’re a child. Which is why every year I apply to the City of Burlington Culture Fund to give kids an up-close experience with a writer from their own town. I call the project “Authors in your Neighborhood.” This year we have five writers and one illustrator to create with the kids: Lana Button in August, Jennifer Maruno is September, Anitha Rao-Robinson in November, Jennifer Faria, our illustrator, in December and me to finish off our program with an all family invited fun afternoon of playing with words. As a bonus, we also have a picture book panel in the Literary Festival so everyone can learn about the process of creating. Watch for the Burlington Library eblasts and register.