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Foreword
By Marilyn J. Nykiforuk
Parents! I hope you will find this collection of stories as interesting to read as I have. Monsters, dragons, terrorists, fairies and scary evil people all stick in my mind after reading the stories. The imagination of a young child today is an eye opener. With children being exposed to outlandish story plots in the latest children’s books, TV, video games, movies, etc., they are fully aware of what the world is about today. This is highly reflective in their story plots. As adults we mustn’t forget imagination is healthy.
I want to thank Josh Achiam for putting on this writing workshop for free. Josh is a senior at Pine View. He has a 4.0 grade point average and recently obtained a perfect score on the SAT. He plans to head to Harvard, Yale or Vanderbilt in 2009. Josh has been a writer for many years. He did an outstanding job instructing the kids and keeping them enthused. I also want to thank volunteers Lindsey Rubus and Kristin Brzostek. Their support, supervision and feedback helped make this workshop successful.
The purpose of this project was to teach kids how to write a story, describe characters, create plots, etc. Each child was to write at least one story they wanted to see in print. From the opening of each story it is clear how the child learned how to build their characters and develop their stories.
Josh typed the stories, or what we are calling editing. It was decided that we would only edit the stories for spelling. Grammar, phrasing and story content was not altered. The stories would remain the words and thoughts of the child. Maintaining the authenticity of the stories and the innocence was important.
On hands and knees I request that you purchase a membership to The Friends of the Selby Public Library - without their funding we could not offer a variety of programs.
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