Iowa authors donate more than 200 books to school library

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – A librarian on the Sumner-Fredericksburg Group College District mentioned she needed to create a piece for Iowa authors at the highschool library. The one drawback was she wanted books.

Greater than 100 authors from throughout Iowa despatched greater than 200 books to the varsity, in response to information offered by the district. The books started to come back after a public college librarian reached out to writers throughout the state.

Danielle Schell, who’s a Library Assistant at Sumner-Fredericksburg Excessive College, mentioned she had the thought whereas she was recovering from surgical procedure. She mentioned she was stunned about what number of books completely different individuals despatched to the varsity district.

“I wanted a cart,” Schell mentioned, about when the books started to come back within the mail. “There have been over 40 packages ready for me.”

Schell mentioned some authors drive to the district to donate the books and every creator receives a hand-written thanks card.

Joe Michaud, who’s a poet based mostly in Iowa Metropolis, mentioned he was stunned when he obtained the request. The 81-year-old veteran of the Chilly Warfare period mentioned the request introduced him some firm.

”Quite a lot of inventive areas are very lonesome locations as a result of it’s simply you, possibly you bought a pal or two who can also be a poet. Perhaps you don’t have that,” Michaud mentioned. “So having an viewers is sweet.”

Jerry Johnson, who can also be an creator based mostly in Iowa and despatched the library some books, mentioned he hopes the part conjures up different college students to turn out to be authors themselves.

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