![]() ![]() Their goal was to combine scenic photography, original artwork and poetic storytelling to celebrate the outdoors and encourage children to get outside. ![]() We need them to want to do fun things.”Īs an idea began to form in Houghton’s mind, she reached out to her daughter and son-in-law, Ashley and Justin Harmon, for their help in creating a book series. And then, when we started to be able to go back outside, I thought, ‘We have got to get kids moving. When I started to run out of stories, my grandkids were really sad. ![]() “Then I started doing it for my class as well. “I started reading a story a day, recording it and then sending it out to my grandkids,” she said. Houghton, a second grade teacher at Three Falls Elementary School, was spending more time at home with fewer opportunities to see her grandkids after the outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020. The cover of “Dilbert the Duck Visits Zion National Park” | Image courtesy of Ashley Harmon, St. GEORGE - Debbie Houghton got the idea for her new children’s book series after starting a tradition of virtual storytime with her grandchildren. ![]()
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