ABOUT THE AUTHORS

This alphabet book was created especially for Jon Scieszka by the Kindergarten, First, Second, and Third Graders at the Rosehill Enhanced Learning

Center.The creators of Authors Will Be Authors are from thirteen schools in southern Johnson County who have been identified as gifted and talented. The students attend the Enhanced Learning Center

one day per week. We focus on applying higher level thinking skills and creative thinking

techniques, so their study of your books and art have been a joyous adventure. These 40

promising authors will be publishing more in the future, so watch for their names on best seller

lists in the years to come!

About Our ProcessThe primary aged students at the Rosehill Enhanced Learning Center began our Literature Festival Mini-

Course in January. We read as many of the books you wrote or illustrated

as we could. While we read, we jotted down a few important things

in the book that started with the various letters of the alphabet. After

looking at some other alphabet books, we decided on the format you

see. Next we signed up for the letters we wanted to write and

illustrate. We tried to use unpredictable ideas for the text. We hope you don’t mind that we tried to draw a little bit like your books. We even attempted some watercolor. It is much harder than we thought it

would be. Right before Spring Break, we finished our final drafts

and our teachers bound this book for you. We hope you like it.

Look for our names hidden in each illustration.