This 3rd grade student loves art – so much that he often spends recess time drawing pictures. His favorite creation, a pastel he calls “South American Beauty,” features a toucan on a tree branch. He is proud of this piece because it appears in an art show at the Denver Public Library. Another recent project was a detailed rendition of a skeleton, complete with labeled bones. When he is not creating art, he is busy reading or writing about dragons and knights, riding his bike, or reading his science encyclopedia. When he grows up, he wants to be a paleontologist and a famous artist.

This 5th grader is a fan of skateboarding, painting, drawing, and playing with her many pets. She’s also crazy about math, especially addition and division. A self-described picky reader, she is always on the lookout for good books – Lemony Snicket is a favorite author – and is thankful for the library’s recent Book Fair collections. She is an author herself: This year, she created a sequel to her book about her dog, Tucker, which will soon be published. A long-time Brown student, she fondly recalls one 3^rd grade project: An impressionist painter’s collage featuring the works of Cassatt, VanGogh and Monet.

This kindergarten student says he is fascinated with math and science. His favorite after-school program is engineering club, where he creates structures like spheres made out of paper plates. He loves school because every day, he gets to do something different. He also enjoys reading and writing, and has written and illustrated several stories about dinosaurs, his family, and sea creatures. At home, he plays with transformers and the computer, and looks forward to family activities such as cooking and baking with his dad. He would like to learn Tai Chi and dreams of becoming a cowboy who rides his horse in the desert.

This 1st grader has an orange belt in karate – by far his favorite extracurricular activity. He can’t wait to earn his purple belt. When he’s not taking karate lessons, he likes to curl up with a flashlight under his tent, reading about Harry Potter’s many magical adventures. Sometimes he even likes to sleep in his tent, because a spider lives under his bed and once tickled his leg! He also plays hockey or goes to the park with his brothers and sisters, and makes silly family videos with his dad. His favorite parts of the school day are lunchtime and art class, where he likes to paint water.