JAY – Maine children’s book author Lynn Plourde will do author presentations Jan. 13 and 14 at Jay Elementary School.

During an opening assembly, Plourde will present an interactive reading of some of her picture books, Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud, Wild Child, School Picture Day and Moose, Of Course!

Plourde will then visit with students in smaller groups and share additional stories or information about how to write good stories.

Parents are welcome to attend Plourde’s sessions. Call Jay Elementary School at 897-5719 for more information.

Plourde, a Skowhegan native, lives in Winthrop with her family. After 13 years of writing children’s books, she had her first picture book, Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud, published in 1997. She also co-authored the guidebook, A Celebration of Maine Children’s Books, with her husband Paul Knowles.

Plourde has worked for 21 years as a Maine public school speech-language therapist and has had 10 educational books for teachers published including the “Classroom Listening and Speaking” series.


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