First-graders celebrate published picture book with help of Brenau education majors

 Brenau University early childhood education majors were the heroes at Fair Street International Academy recently.

Lisa McCoy, assistant professor in the College of Education, and her Brenau students helped first-graders at Fair Street publish “Tiger Tales,” a book full of their own stories and illustrations. The publication is made possible annually through a partnership with Brenau.

Early childhood majors worked with the first-grade students through the spring semester to compile the book, which features Lucile the Tiger on a series of adventures.

A statue of a tiger named Lucile sits along the Green Street edge of Brenau’s Gainesville campus. It was dedicated in 2013 in honor of Lucile Townsend Pearce, who came to the college as a student in 1897 and remained as a guiding influence for the next half-century.

Each Fair Street first-grader received a copy of the book to keep and was able to see their stories and pictures in print for the first time.

Odett Xiaomeng Ni watches as Akeem Prince reads his story during the celebration for the Lucile's Adventures Tigers Tales book. The book is a partnership between the Brenau University College of Education and Fair Street International Academy. (Courtesy AJ Reynolds/Brenau University)

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