The Children\u2019s Author Series brings professionals who have created books with a high appeal to children together with students, either through student field trips to a branch of the Fort Worth Library or by author visits arranged to local campuses. Most authors have targeted their books for K-8 grade levels. Meeting an author or illustrator who has opened a world beyond their own, expands the creativity that children naturally have.<\/p>\n
Presenters of our Children’s Author Series read to and engage students during their workshops, to ignite or foster a love of reading. Writers and artists talk about their favorite techniques, sources for ideas, use of imagination, and about becoming a published writer or artist. All school campuses in the Fort Worth Library patron area are encouraged to participate at no fee to the school. FWPLF actively targets Fort Worth Title I schools without the budget or boosters to fund such a program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In 1997, The Fort Worth Public Library Foundation created the Children\u2019s Author Series to expose young children from across our city to working authors and illustrators with the intent of inspiring young minds to read and write. Through the past 23 years, our program has provided three to four authors annually to libraries and schools for free presentations to students. Each school year, nearly 3,000 students from every neighborhood in Fort Worth have enjoyed the interaction with a live author. Many of these students do not have books in their home, making this is an enlightening experience for children from underserved populations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":501,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n