05/14/2026
During this , Wondermore board member Sarina attended sessions by author-illustrator Ruth Chan. Sarina’s takeaways, quoted below, embody our mission & values as an organization as well as the goals of our authors-in-schools program:
“I never had an author visit my school growing up, and certainly not one who looked like me. Last week I watched Ruth Chan with a room of first graders at the Mather School in Dorchester. She shared some of her early drawings, walked them through how she writes a book, and read THANK YOU, NEIGHBOR! ()
At one point [Ruth] drew a single squiggle and asked what it could be… The kids were jumping in…building on one another’s ideas. She made it feel easy, and doable!
As a kid, I didn’t think writing or illustrating a book was something I could try. I support Wondermore so more kids can see that they can, especially through people that look like them.”
