CHILDREN'S AUTHOR VISITS WEST MILFORD
Children’s
author Bruce Coville visited West Milford Elementary on Wednesday, April
18. His visit had been eagerly anticipated by our students, who had
read or listened to his stories. He gave three performances and
autographed several stacks of books.
Bruce Coville is the author of nearly ninety books for young readers, including the international best-seller My Teacher Is an Alien. He has been a teacher, a toy maker, a cookware salesman, and a grave digger. In addition to his work as an author, Mr. Coville is much in demand as a speaker and as a storyteller.
During his performances, he detailed the creation of a book from the beginning of the idea until the time the manuscript is sold to a publisher. With kindergarten and fist grade students, he focused his talk around The Foolish Giant, his first picture book. For the older students, he used The Monster's Ring.
Mr. Coville’s presentations addressed questions of creativity, where ideas come from, and issues regarding editing and rewriting. Students and teachers agreed that his performance also had plenty of humor!
West Milford Food Drive Bruce Coville is the author of nearly ninety books for young readers, including the international best-seller My Teacher Is an Alien. He has been a teacher, a toy maker, a cookware salesman, and a grave digger. In addition to his work as an author, Mr. Coville is much in demand as a speaker and as a storyteller.
During his performances, he detailed the creation of a book from the beginning of the idea until the time the manuscript is sold to a publisher. With kindergarten and fist grade students, he focused his talk around The Foolish Giant, his first picture book. For the older students, he used The Monster's Ring.
Mr. Coville’s presentations addressed questions of creativity, where ideas come from, and issues regarding editing and rewriting. Students and teachers agreed that his performance also had plenty of humor!
The West Milford Lions in conjunction with West Milford Elementary School held a food drive in order to provide food baskets for community residents. The school held a contest. Class winners were Mrs. Reich's second grade on the primary level and Mrs. Lear's class on the intermediate level. Each class was presented a thirty dollar gift certificate and milk and cookies. Mrs. Reich's class chose to spend their thirty dollars to purchase more food for the community. Individual student winners who collected the most food were Cassidy in second grade and Sammi in third grade. They were each awarded a twenty dollar gift certificate. Pictured are members of the West Milford Lions, including our principal, Mrs. Griffith, along with Mrs. Reich and our two student winners.
