An Election with Integrity Part 1
Zulah Talmadge, Editor of the Shady Pines Gazette talks to: Author, Mary Jane Mckittrick and illustrator, Bob Ostrom about the latest offering from the Boomer and Halley© project. A series of Little Lessons. Big Results.™ stories for children 4-8 and the adults who love them.
Zulah: Mary Jane, how did you come up with the idea for the “Boomer and Halley - Election Day” book?
Mary Jane: During a phone conversation with Bob.
Bob: Yeah. We were talking about the craziness in politics and I said, “We’ve got to have an election in Shady Pines.”
Mary Jane: The challenge was to include lasting values, like we do in all Boomer and Halley stories, and make that work in a book about politics.
Zulah: Especially politics in a small town.
Bob: This is why I really like this project. We take topics that people are talking about and make it possible for adults to talk to kids about them in a different way.
Zulah: So true. A book about an election that includes lessons about honesty and forgiveness is a neat trick.
Let's take a short break. We'll be back in a moment.
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