Congratulations

2007 Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest Winners!!

Kindergarten

1st Place:  Michael Wood, Gulfport, Miss., “The Tree Who Lost His Leaves”

2nd Place:  Ada Fulgham, Ackerman, Miss., “The Horse’s Adventure”

3rd Place:  Seth Ward, Quitman, Miss., “Work Trucks on the Job”

First Grade

1st Place:  Jamie Pack, Olive Branch, Miss., “Nellie’s Nectar”

2nd Place:  Kempseyann Barnett, Olive Branch, Miss., “God Brought My Family Together”

3rd Place:  Anna Cook, Olive Branch, Miss., “The Magic Violin”

Second Grade

1st Place:  Lilli Fulgham, Ackerman, Miss., “A Pony and a Journey”

2nd Place:  Danielle Welborn, Quitman, Miss., “Soccer”

3rd Place:  Montari Johnson, Shubuta, Miss., “My Angel”

Third Grade

1st Place:  Courtney Brown, Flowood, Miss., “The Lovely Life of the Princess”

2nd Place:  Kailey Oubre, Flowood, Miss., “Charlie the Caterpillar”

3rd Place:  Abby Perry, Purvis, Miss., “The Flamingo Forest”

To honor each of these winners, MPB and its partners hosted a two-day 2007 Reading Rainbow Contest Winners’ Celebration.

These kindergarten through third grade students began their first day with lunch at Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) and were later in the spotlight by recording their own stories in the MPB Radio Studio for future broadcast.  

Afterwards, they had some “shopping time” at Northpark Mall to spend their gift certificates, compliments of the mall.  

Later that evening, each winner enjoyed dinner, compliments of

Chick-fil-A at Dogwood Festival Market

The celebration continued the next morning with breakfast and the reading of their own stories before an audience at Barnes & Noble, off of Count y Line Road.  Following “story time,” each received a Barnes and Noble gift certificate and browsed the book store to choose a book of his/her choice.