“Budding Authors Publishing Party” Held for First Methodist Pre-School Students

A “Budding Authors Publishing Party” was held for students in the Smithville First United Methodist Church Pre-School Thursday night at the Christian Fellowship Center.
The students, their parents, and teachers celebrated the release of a hardback book featuring writings and illustrations of the students themselves.
During the party, each child was asked to point out or read from the things he or she had written and drawn on their pages of the booklet.
Emily Bass, director of the pre-school, said the project was about two months in the making. “Tonight we’ve been enjoying a night of listening to the children read stories they have written about things they love and enjoy. This was a project put together by one of our parents, Mandy Dakas. The kids each took time and wrote in their very own handwriting and illustrated all by themselves. Each one did a page. We then had them (pages) compiled and printed together into a class hardback booklet. This class is made up of our pre-kindergarten kids, ages four and five, and they will be graduating in May and going on to kindergarten. So this (book) is a special keepsake for them and their parents,” said Bass
Students (publishers) participating were Avery Agee, Landon Colwell, Caroline Crook, Andrew Dakas, Annabella Dakas, Milas Driver, Dallas Kirby, Madeline Martin, Melody McConnaughey (absent Thursday night) Addison Miller (absent), Layla Newby, Katherine Knowles, Emily Robinson, Owen Snipes (absent), Braelyn Teachout, and Tiara Patrick.
Teachers are Reta Steffe and Lauren Hansard.