Sunday, November 24, 2013 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 3 Ahorse is a horse, of course, but is it a hoy or girl? Author/artist delights students at L.ehman-Jackson Elementary MARK GUYDISH mguydish@timesleader.com Children’s book author and artist John Manders was ost done painting a horse ing soda atop a castle en the debate erupted. “It's a boy horse!” one Lehman-Jackson Elementary School student — a boy, of course — shouted. “It’s not a boy, it’s a girl!” a schoolmate shot back. “Oh, yeah,” Manders said, realizing that, while students had helped decide what he drew as part of a presentation Monday, there had been no mention of the ebon equine’s gender. “We don’t know if this is a boy or a girl” The room quickly erupted in a cacophony of alternate shouts. “Boy!” “Girl!” “I can see already your teachers are starting to regret sending me that invitation,” Manders quipped. The “invitation” came cour- tesy of a grant from the Federal Title I program, designed to help students from low- income families, statistically more likely to struggle with Ning in school. Manders ed district schools all day. t Lehman-Jackson, students from kindergarten through third grade sat on the floor of the multi-purpose room and listened to him read his book “The Really Awful Musicians,” paint the smil- ing horse, and field questions. ‘Do you like color LY. WU GEE Ke Highest Prices Paid for Junk Vehicles 570-905-0279 BACK MOUNTAIN BOWL Sicilian Pizza » Wings Hoagies and More! ERLE L REL CRelT Memorial Hwy Dallas « 675-5026 ing?” one student asked. “Oh yes, very much,” Manders replied. “Can you teach me how?” a girl inquired. “Well,” Manders pondered, “I would have to set up some kind of school.” “Can I keep it?” another girl asked while gazing longingly at the painting on its easel. A bidding war erupted, with students shouting out offers of $20, $100 and $1,000. Delcia Biscotto, a kindergarten stu- dent, made the ultimate offer. “T'll give you infinity dollars!” Dr. Robert Clements ‘ ois 5] CLARK VAN ORDEN | THE TIMES LEADER John Manders shows K-3 grade students from Lehman-Jackson Elementary School how he goes about painting an illustration like he would use for one of his books. Alas, the work was not for sale, even for bottomless dol- lars. “Tm going to give it to the school,” Manders told the crowd. “Whats your favorite color?” “I love them all. I use all the colors,” the artist answered. “If I was just limited to one color, it would be pretty boring.” “I love drawing and color- ing,” third-grader Quinn Balla confessed. “Do you draw every day?” Manders asked. “Almost,” Balla answered. “If you draw every day you may get good enough to do it for a living,” he advised. “How many days does it take to learn to draw a horse?” “Tm still learning,” Manders admitted. “Horses are hard. 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