Kate McMullan

In just two days we will have the privilege of welcoming Kate McMullan to Southgate!

 

Kate started her path to become a writer by being a voracious reader as a child. After college and graduate school, she taught fourth grade in inner-city Los Angeles and on an American Air Force base in Germany. She read to her students every day and began to wonder if she could write books for kids. By taking a job in publishing in New York, "where the writers are," she had the time and energy to try writing. There she met a wonderful illustrator named Jim McMullan, whom she married. She kept writing even after their daughter was born. She badgered her husband to illustrate one of her stories, "I Stink." She has received many awards for her books, and continues to collaborate with Jim.

 

She is coming on OCTOBER 10th (this Wednesday)! She will be talking to Southgate students about reading and the writing process. Learn more about Kate at her website: http://katemcmullan.com/.

 

If you would like to purchase her books, an order form was sent home with your child. Please return it to the library by October 9th (tomorrow!).If you lost the order form, please come to the library and ask for another one. Make checks payable to Southgate Parent-Teacher Group or Southgate PTG.

 

Reminder: We're in the middle of a box tops race! Send all the box tops you can find with your child and help their class win the box tops competition! The competition runs through October 16th.