Empathy

Wish Leaves

By Catherine J. Golden and
Pam Golden, posted on Sep 12, 2022

How might a children’s book inspire an art project? Wishtree by Katherine Applegate (Macmillan, 2017) sparked two community-wide collaborations – one in-person at the South Shore Charter Public School (SSCPS) in Norwell, Massachusetts, and the other virtually through the Saratoga Springs Public Library (SSPL) in Saratoga Springs, New York. Students cut out and colored leaves and wrote meaningful wishes on them.

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