Selma teacher publishes book aimed at helping students fall in love with reading

SELMA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Third-grade students astatine Eric White Elementary School were assigned characters and took turns speechmaking roles from a Jack and Beanstalk script.

Their teacher, Michael Kimzey, says his students gravitate toward speechmaking similar an actor.

"Kids astatine this age, they emotion doing readers theater," Kimzey said.

Kimzey says getting students to bask a publication and work at, oregon above, people level is the goal.

"I've seen them spell from a low-grade level to people level and above, conscionable by uncovering the writer that speaks to them," Kimzey said.

Now he's hoping he whitethorn beryllium 1 of those authors who speaks to readers with his precocious published book, "Alex Branson and the Ogre of Thrandar."

It's chiefly written for kids 8 to 18 and is based astir the question 'What happens erstwhile you die?'

"It's fundamentally similar if the creator of the beingness kept connected creating -- close -- different universes," Kimzey said.

Readers volition travel Alex's escapade done the alternate universe, which features elves and unicorns.

Kimzey says boys volition place with heroic masculinity successful the book, portion girls volition place with being high-value and courageous.

He says astatine look value, it's an breathtaking adventure, but determination are besides hidden gems.

"Some radical volition beryllium capable to spot deeper principles that should assistance usher them -- but it's truly conscionable a communicative that anybody tin enjoy," Kimzey said.

Kimzey designed and created the illustrations with the assistance of artificial intelligence.

He hopes to crook it into a bid 1 day, but astir of all, helium hopes his readers link with the characters and locomotion distant with caller a perspective.

"I conscionable deliberation that it's a publication of hope, similar it makes radical much hopeful and spot things that are different, you know, spot things successful a antithetic light," Kimzey said.

The publication is disposable present connected Kindle, oregon you tin prime up your ain transcript connected Amazon.

You tin find a nexus to bargain it by clicking here.

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