Putnam City - Public Schools Foundation

The Putnam City Foundation hosted 11 authors for 32 presentations during the 06/07 school year as part of its Author Visits Program.

Peggy Perry Anderson, from Owasso, OK, visited Hilldale, Coronado and Central Elementary Schools with presentations about her books, "Let's Clean Up", "Time for Bed the Babysitter Said", and "To the Tub".   267 books were given to deserving students at all 3 schools.

Michael Korenblit from Edmond, OK went to Capps and Western Oaks Middle Schools to share the true and amazing story of his parents' survival of the Holocaust.   89 students were lucky recipients of autographed copies of his book, titled "Until We Meet Again".

Bill and Carol Wallace, from Chickasha, OK visited Coronado, Ralph Downs, Will Rogers, Hilldale, Western Oaks, Rollingwood, Northridge, James L. Dennis, and Windsor Hills Elementary Schools. They gave out over 1400 books with popular titles such as "A Dog Called Kitty", "The Meanest Hound Around", "Bub, Snow and the Burly Bear Scare", and "Coyote Autumn", among others, to some very excited elementary students.

Mike Wimmer, an artist from Norman, OK visited PC Academy as well as Harvest Hills and Overholser Elementary Schools to show his artwork and give out 240 books ". Mike is also known for his artwork of "Mr. Clean" Man and has been commissioned by Disney to do several art pieces.

Tammi Sauer from Edmond, OK gave a high energy presentation, involving audience participation to explain how an idea becomes a book at Central and Hilldale Elementary Schools and Central Intermediate. She disbursed 114 of her books titled "Cowboy Camp" to winning students whose names were called out at the conclusion of her presentation.

Richard Trout, from Oklahoma City, visited Capps and Hefner Middle Schools and gave out 64 of his books with titles, "Elephant Tears", "Cayman Gold", "Falcon of Abydos" and "Czar of Alaska".

Linda Ayers, from Van, TX went to D.D. Kirkland for an all day presentation and gave out 78 books titled, "The Time Bridge Travelers", "There's Something in My Sandwich", "Tiger Goes Collecting" and "Tiger Does the Write Thing" among others.

Priscilla Cummings, from Annapolis, Maryland, visited Hefner, Cooper, and Mayfield Middle Schools to speak about her nationally recognized book, "The Red Kayak" and "A Face First". Priscilla autographed and disbursed 43 of her Sequoyah Young Readers Award winning books to excited students at the 3 middle schools.

Lynn Moroney, from OKC, did a day long presentation at Lake Park Elementary and gave out 62 of her books titled, "Baby Rattlesnake".

The goal of the Author Visits Program is to improve academic achievement by increasing students' interest in reading and writing. With the generous grant contributions from Inasmuch and Sarkeys Foundation, the Putnam City Foundation hosted 11 authors for 32 presentations and gave over 2500 books to students in Putnam City who have been identified as among those who would particularly benefit from receiving a book to keep as their own.