Author Marty Kelley reads his book titled "A Cape" while leading the listening preschoolers through some superhero poses like flying through the air in the Madison Elementary School library on Sept. 17. The author's visit was part of a grant-funded series at the school. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Author Marty Kelley reads his book titled "A Cape" to preschoolers in the Madison Elementary School library on Sept. 17. The author's visit was part of a grant-funded series at the school. SAU 13 Superintendent Michael Whaland is at right.(RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Madison Elementary School Library/Media Specialist Tammy Flanigan hands a free book to a student on Sept. 17. The Children's Literacy Foundation (CLiF) grant was applied for by Flanigan and MES Reading Specialist Diana Hayward. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Author Marty Kelley reads his book titled "A Cape" while leading the listening preschoolers through some superhero poses like flying through the air in the Madison Elementary School library on Sept. 17. The author's visit was part of a grant-funded series at the school. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Author Marty Kelley reads his book titled "A Cape" to preschoolers in the Madison Elementary School library on Sept. 17. The author's visit was part of a grant-funded series at the school. SAU 13 Superintendent Michael Whaland is at right.(RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Madison Elementary School Library/Media Specialist Tammy Flanigan hands a free book to a student on Sept. 17. The Children's Literacy Foundation (CLiF) grant was applied for by Flanigan and MES Reading Specialist Diana Hayward. (COURTESY PHOTO)
MADISON — “Imagination is a superpower,” is the message author/illustrator Marty Kelley brought to the youngsters in the Early Childhood Program at Madison Elementary on Tuesday.
Kelley, who was at the school as part of the CLiF Year of the Book grant the school got in August by the Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF), is a former second-grade teacher from Manchester who has written and illustrated many children’s books. They include “Pugnapped!’ “Fall Is Not Easy,” “Winter Woes,” “Summer Stinks,” “A Cape!” and “Fame, Fortune, and the Bran Muffins of Doom.”
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