"I cheerfully acknowledge the elementary school students who illustrated their dream travels and cued me about their stories when I visited their schools in the Poets-in-the-Schools Program. Written cues ranged from thought bubbles, as in 'Acrobatic,' to a run-on sentence, as in 'Aeronautic.' I made notes of oral cues and kept true to the students' word choices (though not always to their grammar) when writing the corresponding poems." -- Margaret...

"Students in grades 3-12 were invited to write a story about this topic: A storm is approaching...how [d]o you prepare and who is with you? The story must follow this criteria: The last paragraph of the story must contain this exact phrase: "We cheered when the lights came on." Each story must contain the following words anywhere in the story exactly as given ...: community, donut, adapted, mariposas, volunteer and courage."--Page 3.

"Budding writers, from second grade to adult, were invited to enter the creative writing contest. Mysterious, suspenseful or humorous scary tales of a non-violent nature were judged by the Friends of the Library... The judges were Friends of the Library board members Eileen Arnot, Monica Ayala, Leslie Carroll, Heather Smith, Becky Sudduth and Sherry Wingo and PCCLD staff members Tabitha Davis and Sara Schwartz."--Page 3.