Story Hour with books read by Jan & George Kirk!

Jul 10, 2020

Children will love this!

We are delighted to bring you an assortment of children’s books brought to life by Summit Resident’s Jan and George Kirk.

We are delighted to bring you Jan and George Kirk two of the extraordinary residents at the Summit by Morrison.  The Kirks are well known locally for their volunteerism – click here for a little background on these great people from a PBS interview.

One of the many things the Kirks have done over the years is to read to the children at Lakeway Elementary School in Littleton. In talking with Jan, you could see this was a special part of her week. In the midst of this pandemic, we thought why not bring the Kirks to the children via technology.

We are not professional videographers, but we had some fun from six feet away.

Mucky Moose author and illustrator Allen Johnathan

King of the Woods Author David Day Illustrator Ken Brown

I Aint Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont

I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff

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