Writers & Books is looking to nurture some winter flowers among the youth of Rochester with vacation fun and other special offerings. For winter break, check out:

Grades 1–3: Read Around the World with Sally Bittner Bonn – Listen to stories and poems from cultures near and far. We will celebrate our diversity while exploring literature. From the streets of Harlem to the mountains of Japan, to the tombs of Ancient Egypt, find the threads within stories which tie us all together. Create our “deerskin” stories, learn the art of origami, and put on a play.

Grades 4–6: Drama Dream Team: Myth and Heroes with Marna Rossi – Time-warp back to ancient Greece and bring gods and goddesses, mortals, and monsters to life. Visit the Memorial Art Gallery and learn more about the ancient Greeks. Retell a Greek myth with humor, poetry, music, movement, and masks.
For those caught between winter break and summer plans, spring break offerings are:

Grades 1–3: Magic Tree House Readers’ Club with Marna Rossi – Participate in adventures from the Magic Tree House Series. Learn, like Annie and Jack, about the animals and people in each tale. Enjoy a Magic Tree House Picnic in the amazing new Classroom in the Trees (at the Gell Center of the Finger Lakes).

Grades 4–6: Fun with Fiction with Camy Sorbello – Release that cool story in your head aching to jump out. Through writing exercises and support, write a short story or even begin a novel. Identify interesting settings and characters and dialogue. In addition to developing a story idea or two, discover what questions writers ask themselves as they write.

All classes run Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. and cost $159 for W&B members or $165 for everyone else.

January, 2007