The sophomores are spreading all sorts of Christmas cheer this year by sending presents to kids at some of the Catholic elementary schools in town. For the past three years, Central Catholic sophomores have written and illustrated their own children’s books. These books are actually Christmas presents and the lucky recipients this year are first graders at St. Mary’s and Epiphany.
To get started, the authors are given the little boy or girl’s name and a list of two or three
of their favorite things. Madison Restivo and Rachel McBeath are writing a book for a little girl named Elle. Some of Elle’s favorite things are dogs, the color black, and ice cream cake. Rachel and Madison then had the task of incorporating these things into a story.
“Elle’s book is about a dog who is framed by a cat for knocking over an ice cream cake. The dog has to prove his innocence to his owner,” Rachel explained.
Another first grader, Audra, will be receiving a story book written by Grace Herr and Leilani Hammel. Leilani and Grace were tasked with writing a book about swimming and alligators for Audra. Naturally, they wrote a book about a mermaid. This mermaid loses her alligator and searches the whole ocean looking for it. She searches the jiggly jellyfish, the silly seaweed, and the friendly fish before finally finding the alligator.
The sophomores have been working very hard on their books. By this time next week, the books will be “published,” and in the hands of some very excited first graders!
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