Some lucky students and teachers have welcomed local authors into their classrooms, thanks to a grant from Vermont Community Foundation's Successful Communities Grant Round. Students first read and discussed a book by the author, and got to keep their copies of the book.
Erik Esckilsen talked about his book Offsides and its parallels to his experience playing soccer in South Burlington. The students also discussed the controversy over Native American mascots present in the book, and Erik brought along the beaver mascot costume from Champlain College!
Over at BHS, Tanya Lee Stone visited an English class to talk about writing in verse and her book A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl. Click here to read her article "Now and Forever: The Power of Sex in Young Adult Literature"
