Children's Book Author Jerry Pallotta Speaks to Elementary School Students
Jerry Pallotta says he loves what he does for a living. This week, he's bringing his experience to children attending three area elementary schools.
Jerry Pallotta pretty much has the best job ever. He travels from city-to-city, he meets fascinating people and well, he has lots of adoring young fans. Is he a rock star? No. He’s a children’s book author. Pallotta, who hails from Boston, is in town this week speaking to students at Shuler, Brookview and Walnut Hills Elementary Schools about what it’s like to be a children's book writer. “I talk about working with illustrators, where my ideas come from, how I got my start and basically what I do,” said Pallotta. “I get really good feedback and it’s really a lot of fun.” Pallotta wrote, designed, researched and edited his first book – an alphabet book about the Atlantic Ocean – in 1985. His desire to write, he admits, came at the urging of…
