from the heart

3 Jul 2009 news 0 Comments

Ok, so these students probably didn’t have a choice about whether or not they wanted to write me a letter—but still, *what* they wrote was so touching!  Shadra showed more restraint; she only posted one on her blog, but I’m going with these three:

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A future author!

img015What a sweetheart…and a natural optimist!  I hope I *can* share “Munecas” with children someday…

img016img017Well, Shadra thinks we should go to Cuba to “research” our next collaboration…so maybe we will have tales to tell next year.  Thanks to the Crispus Attucks School, teacher extraordinaire, Ms. Lizet Williams, and especially Jo Umans, the woman behind Behind the Book, who makes visits like these possible!