Event Details

Thanks to funding from the Dorothy M. Morrison Foundation, the Kansas Wetlands Education Center is putting the final touches on a children's book to be ready in June 2021.  The funding will provide a copy to every K-6 classroom in Barton County as well as every school and community/public library within 70 miles of the center.

On June 19, your family can receive a free copy!  Bring lawn chairs for an outdoor reading of the book.  Both the author, KWEC Program Specialist Mandy Kern, and Illustrator, Onalee Nicklin, will be there!

10:15 - Reading by author

10:30 - Recognition of Dorothy Morrison Foundation support

10:45-11:30 - Family friendly activity rotations themed to the story

11:30 - Book Signing

Activity stations include drawing Ava with the help of the illustrator and writing your own adventure for Ava.  Engineer your own nest in a STEM challenge, learn more about shorebirds and their calls, run through a migration obstacle course, touch invertebrates, and explore the importance of wetlands and their functions.

If you can make it to this event and would like to purchase a copy of the book - please visit: https://tinyurl.com/4n9f8kre