Welcome to Newtown, Connecticut, as seen through the eyes of its
children. It is a place with a flagpole in the middle of Main
Street, and two-dollar movies at the old town hall. It is a place
of afternoon sports practice, dance and music lessons, Scout
meetings and playdates, and weekends filled with baseball games,
Sunday school and hikes in wooded parks. It is a place where the
start of summer is marked by the reopening of the local ice cream
stand, where autumn means apple-picking and hay mazes, and where
winter brings historic homes alive with dazzling lights. It is a
place of wonder, of joy, of belonging and of promise. Above all, it
is home. On December 14, 2012, when that familiar place of comfort
was shaken and in danger of being cruelly redefined, many of us
felt compelled to do what we could to help the community heal. For
Kristina Applegate, who grew up in another small town just 20
minutes away from Sandy Hook Elementary School, it meant bringing
her book-making workshop home to Connecticut. For her former high
school classmates and newly-recruited volunteers, it meant coming
together to reassure our children that their special place still
exists. This book began as a nine-day after school program held in
Newtown during April of 2013. Each afternoon, 27 children ranging
in age from 6 to 12-many of them students at Sandy Hook Elementary
School, and nearly all of them from the greater community-arrived
at the Newtown Youth Academy to write stories, create
illustrations, and ultimately have their work published in this
book. Yet they did far more than that. Through a lighthearted
curriculum carefully designed for them by a professional art
therapist and an experienced teacher, the kids explored what was
most important to them, what brought them comfort and what they
might change if they could. They discovered new talents within
themselves, and they forged new relationships. They shared a bit of
their lives...even if they didn't realize it. The narratives and
illustrations in this book tell of time travel, of hidden
treasures, of super powers and of a world in which all creatures
are happy, well cared for and safe. They are imaginative and funny
and unfiltered, just like the kids who created them. We are
thrilled to help Connecticut's children share their work, just as
their counterparts in Asia and Latin America have done during past
Kids Share Workshops. To read more about our program, please turn
to page 92 or visit www.kidsshareworkshops.com.
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