Author Julie Sternberg Highlights BFS in Recent Reading!

Yesterday, at BookCourt in Brooklyn, author Julie Sternberg shared her brand new book The Top Secret Diary of Celie Valentine. This was especially poignant for a few members of our BFS community: Sonia A. and Santiago M., both students in the third grade here, were a part of the reading.
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Santiago reading from his Life Book |
There is a connection Julie Sternberg has with BFS. Her children were once students here. At the start of the reading, she announced to the audience that when her daughter was in third grade here at BFS, she was inspired by the nightly Life Book entries. So much so, she started to write her own version. Sternberg hoped it would someday hit the shelves and reach a wider audience. After some editorial suggestions and the publication of two other books, the idea was put on hold — until now.