Jeff Kinney surprised a rural Nebraska school with books
Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney walked into a Halloween assembly at Freeman Public Schools in Adams and gave the library $1,000 in children's books.
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Jeff Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, visited Freeman Public Schools in Adams on October 27, KLKN reported. Students were off that day and had been told to come in for something else. Kinney's team and media specialist Becky Weyere had set up a Halloween assembly instead, for children who had just finished one of the books.
The visit mixed games and book talk with the surprise of the author himself. Kinney then announced a personal gift of $1,000 in children's books for the school library, including more Diary of a Wimpy Kid titles and other books chosen for a range of readers.
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Students at Freeman Public Schools in Adams, Nebraska, did not have school on October 27, but they were asked to come in anyway. They thought the day was for something else. It was a Halloween assembly, and the guest was Jeff Kinney, the author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The school's media specialist, Becky Weyere, had planned the surprise with his team. The students had just finished one of his books. There were games and a chance to talk about reading. Kinney then gave the school library $1,000 worth of children's books, including more copies of his own series.
- Why is a surprise visit from an author different from reading the book alone?
- What kind of books would you want added to your school library?
- How could a class thank an author without waiting for a famous one to visit?
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