We had a great afternoon with Jerry Pallotta. He did two shows (his word) for the kids and signed books for almost three hours. We were set up in the activity room and he brought kids on stage and made them laugh. He had control of that very large room the whole time, and he even managed to include a little bit of teaching and learning in his talks. During his signing time, he was making deals with a couple of boys trading sports cards. It's something they'll never forget, I'm sure.
When I was introducing Jerry to the little kids, I caught the face of one of the boys who mouthed the words "Jerrrrryyyy Palllllottttaaa" with me as I said it. It looked like he was so excited--like he was meeting a rock star. So cute. One of our kindergarten classes had been brainstorming ideas about the visit and decided that they should dress up to meet Jerry Pallotta. They were all in nice dresses and the boys wore ties. He took pictures with that class after the show and another picture with just the boys and their ties. Again, so cute.
My library intern brought his fancy camera along, so I'll post some photos as soon as I get them.
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