Margot Hoffman reads the 2017 Giverny book, The Tree Lady, to a class of preschoolers at Emerson Family School while her mother,
Margot Hoffman reads the 2017 Giverny book, The Tree Lady, to a class of preschoolers at Emerson Family School while her mother, Amy Moe-Hoffman (Dunn-Seiler Museum) displays the illustrations. Dr. Steve Grado, MSU Campus Tree Trail, also participated in the event.

Outreach Event at Emerson Family School in Starkville, MS

Volunteers read the 2017 Giverny book winner to preschoolers

The 15° Laboratory, Dunn-Seiler Museum, and the MSU Tree Campus USA cosponsored an outreach event at Emerson Family School in Starkville, Mississippi. Volunteers read the 2017 Giverny book winner, The Tree Lady, to preschoolers  and donated classroom book copies to teachers on February 15, 2018. The Tree Lady tells the story of Kate Sessions, who researched and planted arid-tolerant trees in San Diego’s Balboa Park for an interdisciplinary science story of geoscience and biology. More information on the Giverny Award, given annually to the best children’s science storybook, can be found at www.15degreelab.com

The Arbor Day planting event will be held on Mississippi State University’s campus on February 21, 2018.