First Lady Jessica Doyle Delivers Prize to Game

Winner Alyssa Sanford

First Lady Jessica Doyle visited Altoona Middle School to deliver a prize to Where in Wisconsin is Jessica Doyle? winner Alyssa Sanford, a fifth grader at Altoona Middle School.  Mrs. Doyle also visited Altoona High School and Pedersen Elementary School to speak about the game and her book club.

For more information about new books and upcoming book club events, visit the Read On Wisconsin! Web site at http://readon.wi.gov.

Sign Up Today! Our Second Reading Day at the Executive Residence

We are delighted to share great news that we are again working with the Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium (WIOC) for our November Reading Day. Each year, WIOC has an International Children's Literature Day event in Madison. This day offers interactive workshops for K-12 educators, librarians, and children's literature enthusiasts, with an aim to internationalize statewide curriculum. This event always hosts fabulous authors, and these authors have agreed to participate in our November Reading Day.

Our November Reading Day will be Friday, November 20, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. During this Reading Day, we will welcome authors, Sylviane Diouf, Rachna Gilmore, and James Rumford to the Executive Residence. Our schedule for the day will be:

9:00 - 10:00 - Rachna Gilmore with A Group of One

10:00 - 11:00 - Rachna Gilmore with A Group of One

11:00 - 12:00 - Sylviane Diouf with Bintou's Braids

12:30 - 1:30 - James Rumford with Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad

1:30 - 2:30 - James Rumford with Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad

Contact us at ashley.huibregtse@wisconsin.gov or 608-575-5608 if you are interested in bringing a group. When you respond, please tell us what time and author you are most interested in. We are confident this will be a spectacular Reading Day!