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Dan Schwab
Author Jo Ellen Bogart immedi-
ately caught the attention of St.
James School's junior students by
telling them about "the mysterious
creature that lived in a ditch" out-
side her home growing up in Hous-
ton Texas.
While it turned out the creature
was merely a "crawdaddy," Bog -
art's talent for turning ordinary
things into magical ones on paper
wasn't lost on the group of.kinder-
garteners to Grade 3 students who
listened to her read on Jan. 27.
Her books for children follow fire-
flies and squirrels and runaway
soap with such titles as The Night
the Stars Flew and Sarah Saw a
Blue Macaw.
The multiple -award winning au-
thor says she draws inspiration for
her books . while walking her dog
in the parks of Guelph, where she
moved in 1975.
The quirkiness of animals and
the wonder of nature
are a major focus in her
writing.
In her newest book,
Big and Small, Room for
All, published last April,
Bogart ponders the mi-
cro and the macro, from
fleas to galaxies, on
things too small or too
large to see with the na-
ked eye.
"I have a real science
head," she says. "I'm
fascinated by it. This is
a kid's book but it's for
anybody really."
Huron County Chil-
dren's Services asked
Bogart to come to the
school as part of Family
Literacy Week, which
ran from Jan. 22-28.
She also appeared at
Seaforth Public School
and the Clinton Library
last week.
Dan Schwab photo
Texas -born author .lo Ellen Bogart reads from her book Big and Small, Room for Ali to junior
students at St. James School last week. Bogart, who lives In Guelph, also visited Seaforth
Public School and the Clinton Ubrary last week.
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