On Tues, March 7, the first grade classes enjoyed a Creative Arts and Sciences presentation by author Matt Tavares. He walked them through the process of writing, editing and illustrating a book from start to finish. He shared true stories about his research while writing his book “Growing Up Pedro,” a book about Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez. The kids learned that in the beginning a story goes through many changes and corrections before it becomes a book that we can actually buy.

Questions to ask your child:
1) What are some things Matt discussed that you can use for research?
2) What does Matt like to use as a model when he is drawing his pictures?

Answers:
1) Internet, books, magazines, newspapers, traveling to the places you want to write about
2) His favorite models are people. He likes to draw live people.