Well, Yes. I Guess You Can Say You Saw a Crandall Imprint In Another School

Yesterday, a kid from Central High School texted me to ask, "Do you ever do work at Bassick?" He sent me these photos and told me he was taking his SATs and was sitting next to bookshelves with Home of the Brave, The Arrival, We Were Here, The Crossover, & POW!.

I recognized the shelf and simply replied, "Why, yes. I've worked often with Bassick High School and, in fact, I've worked with that school more than any other in Connecticut.

I laughed to know that a kid could see the Crandall imprint in another building and recognize it as familiar to his experiences in CWP summer programs. Actually, he was in William King's ESL classroom and on the shelves are the heart and pulse of Ubuntu Academy for the last five years.

He felt comfortable taking his college entrance exam there, but also wanted to bypass the test and simply read all the books that were lining the shelf.

I'm already thinking about the summer programs in 2019 and what new books I can purchase to get in the hands of Mr. King's students, not only in the summer but during the academic year, too.

In a week, William, Jessica, Ryan, Jayne, Mindy, Kim, Rebecca, Shaun, Dave and Rich, in fact, will be flying to Houston, Texas to present on the ways we are building writing communities in southern Connecticut.

Yesterday, too, Fairfield University shared a video featuring Aidas and Vilia with their trip to Zimbabwe, where CWP-Fairfield brought over many of Kwame Alexander's books and I'm guessing that there's a place in that country where similar bookshelves are lined with such books. If only I could build libraries in every classroom and every school of the books I know that will personally resonate with students.

I'd do that work full time because it is the work I absolutely love.