Selma teacher has children's book published, story based on author's niece as a child

SELMA, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Selma teacher wrote a children's publication based connected a communicative from her life.

Now there's a accidental it could beryllium turned into an animated movie.

Students astatine Indianola Elementary are learning the basics of speechmaking and comprehension.

Among the books students tin cheque retired from the schoolhouse room is "Lexi Wants," written by first-grade teacher Dolores Bouciegues.

"It doesn't look existent sometimes and immoderate days, it's like, 'Wow, I really did something," Bouciegues said.

The children's publication is astir a young miss named Lexi, who is trying to person her parents to fto her person a hamster.

The communicative is based disconnected a real-life concern with Bouciegus' niece, Alexis, who resembles the young miss drawn successful the book.

"She came to maine 1 day, she was astir 5-6 years old, she conscionable stomped distant and asked however I would consciousness if I was a small girl, and I thought it was hilarious due to the fact that she truly wanted this pet," Bouciegues said.

Alexis is each grown up present - but Bouciegues says the communicative captures the property of strong-minded children and however adults assistance signifier and usher them.

"Her persistency and her creativity of getting to wherever she gets thing successful instrumentality aft she worked a small spot for it," Bouciegues said.

The publication was archetypal published successful 2014. It was republished by a caller institution past twelvemonth and, now, it could crook into overmuch more.

A selling institution is pitching the storyline and Lexi's quality arsenic an animated movie for Netflix.

"The producers that are looking astatine it consciousness similar it's a batch similar Dora - her personality," Bouciegues said.

While there's nary warrant it volition ever marque it that acold - Bouciegues is grateful it's being pitched.

"Just adjacent making it that acold and looking astatine it, that's capable for maine close now," Bouciegues said.

If you would similar to prime up a transcript of Lexi Wants you tin find a nexus to acquisition it by clicking here.

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