Tuesday, May 25, 2010

826 Boston celebrates the release of two publications

All spring the students of 826 Boston have been pouring out their thoughts and filling their notebooks with pages of work to show their tutors. Why so busy? Because 826 Boston just celebrated the release of not one, but two brand new books!

Hitting the shelves this month are We Turned Back To See Where We Came From, written by the students of Greater Egleston High School, and Small Things Can Grow Tall: Words From the Underestimated, a collection of essays and stories from the eleventh grade students of English High School. Both titles are available for purchase in 826 Boston's Online Store, with all proceeds supporting free programming for Boston area students.

Along with having two new and amazing books to read, you can also get a behind-the-scenes look at both projects. Check out this video profile of Ellie Nguyen, one of the students who wrote and edited Small Things Can Grow Tall: Words From the Underestimated. We also have an in-depth look at the creation of We Turned Back To See Where We Came From, featured below.

Keep track of these projects and all things 826 Boston on www.826boston.org