Best-Selling Children's Author to Stop at Texas Tech Classrooms, Lubbock Bookstores
March 29, 2006
Written by Michael Castellon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: March 29, 2006
CONTACT: Michael Castellon, m.castellon@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK – Award-winning children’s author Holly Bea became so inspired by the thousands
of Canada geese that take refuge annually on the shores of Lubbock’s Maxey Park she
wanted to convey the importance of their cross-country journey to children all over
the world.
Bea, a graduate of Texas Tech University, will teach two creative writing classes
at the Department of English April 6, and will teach 15 classes at Hardwick Elementary
School April 7.
“Both Texas Tech and the Lubbock community hold very special places in my heart,”
Bea said. “To return there and tell the story that was inspired by my walks at Maxey
Park is very special to me.”
The best-selling author of “Where Does God Live?” and five other children’s books
was enthralled by the geese and penned her latest work, “Lucy Goose Goes to Texas.”
It tells the story of a newborn goose who decides to fly to Texas from a northern
wilderness without the aid of her family. How Lucy resolves her difficulty and finally
reaches Texas illustrates the value of teamwork and cooperation.
This is the author’s first mainstream children’s title. Her previous six are non-denominational
spiritual books for children. She writes her stories for her nieces and nephew, who
reside in Lubbock.
Bea will sign copies of her books at Barnes & Noble on Slide Road at 11 a.m. Saturday,
April 7.
Bea and illustrator Kim Howard won the 2002 Francis and Wesley Bock Book Award for
Children’s Literature in 2002 for their book “Where Does God Live?” Bea was also honored
by the Church and Synagogue Library Association with the Helen Keating Ott Award,
for outstanding contributions to children’s literature and the promotion of high ethical
and moral values. She has been featured on numerous television talk shows, in magazines
and newspapers nationwide.
For more information on Bea or her work, visit www.hollybea.com
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CONTACT: Jacqueline Kolosov-Wenthe, assistant professor of English, (806) 742-2500,
ext. 283, or jacqueline.kolosov@ttu.edu
Phillip Neeb, principal, Hardwick Elementary School, (806) 766-0844