Writing books is nothing new for . Recently retired, this self-published author and Air Force veteran decided to volunteer his time with 成人快播 Sacramento at Michael J. Castori Elementary School.
鈥淚n 2016, I discovered a great national organization called 成人快播 and volunteered to tutor a couple of students,鈥 recalled Ron.
Little did he know one of his students, fourth-grader Kye, would become the inspiration for a new literary adventure.
As the old saying goes, 鈥渘ecessity is the mother of invention.鈥 Last fall, Kye searched the 成人快播 read-aloud library, hoping to find a book about cars and how they work. He wasn鈥檛 looking for a book full of car pictures, rather, one that explained the mechanics of an automobile.
鈥淚 learned that he wanted a book to learn about cars. I went to Barnes & Noble, but I couldn’t find a book that matched his interests, so I took it upon myself to write the book he described to me,鈥 explained Ron.
Yes, you read that correctly. Ron couldn鈥檛 find the right book, so he wrote one.
鈥淚 have a background in writing fiction, so this book would be a little different from my past publications. He wanted to know the technical stuff that you see when you look under the hood of a car,鈥 said Ron. After some revisions based on Kye鈥檚 feedback, the book Kye鈥檚 New Car, originally titled Kye鈥檚 New Project, was born. It鈥檚 a 鈥渉ow-to鈥 book about cars blended into a fictional story about a father and son, with Kye as the main character.
Fourth-grader, Kye, has now transformed into the main character of an 80-page story.
Kye鈥檚 teacher first referred him to 成人快播 to get help with his reading skills, not expecting that he would meet and inspire Ron to write a whole book about him. With chapters titled 鈥淭ransmissions鈥 and 鈥淣uts and Bolts,鈥 the book follows Kye and his dad as they fix up a neighbor鈥檚 beat-up old 1955 Jaguar.
Ron was really excited to present Kye with an official copy of the book. 鈥淭he goal of this project is to interest him in choosing a book over other activities at home,鈥 said Ron. Though most 成人快播 volunteers don鈥檛 write books about their students, all share the same goal: to encourage children to find books that interest them while helping them develop the skills they need to read those books. Ron is one outstanding example of how one individual can inspire the power of reading!
