the story behind the smile.
on friday, author jacqueline west came to colins school.
colin and i had just finished reading this blue bonnett award winning book
and we wanted to add an autographed paperback copy of her first book
to our library.
after she read a chapter from her new book in the series, spellbound,
she proceeded to hand out the books to those who had purchased them -
but there was no book for a colin sippel.
so,
you can only imagine the face of this 4th grader when i
picked him up from school last friday.
close to tears, he tells me the story.
well,
what a difference a couple days make!
our wonderful librarian had realized the error and
had tried to catch colin at the end of school on friday
but i had already picked him up.
so,
in addition to the paperback autographed book,
colin also received the hardcover new book to add
to our library as soon as we finish reading it!
i could barely wash this smile of his face tonight!
heres to reading spellbound together over
the next couple weeks!
