{"id":3428,"date":"2024-02-08T13:30:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/washington\/?p=3428"},"modified":"2024-02-08T13:30:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:30:18","slug":"a-visit-from-author-beth-ferry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/washington\/a-visit-from-author-beth-ferry\/","title":{"rendered":"A Visit from Author Beth Ferry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We were excited to welcome author Beth Ferry to Washington and Lincoln Schools today for our annual author visit. Ms.\u00a0 Ferry is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0bestselling author of numerous picture books including\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stick and Stone<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Land Shark<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Nice Dream Truck<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She lives with her family by the beach in New Jersey and is inspired by two main things: wordplay and the sea. Thank you to our Librarian, Ms. Laurie Catalano, for arranging this visit that was made possibly by the sponsorship by the PTAs from both schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3431 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/washington\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5194-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Beth Ferry\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/washington\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5194-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/washington\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5194-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/washington\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5194-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/washington\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5194-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/washington\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5194-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3432 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/washington\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5196-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Beth Ferry\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/washington\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5196-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/washington\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5196-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/washington\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5196-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/washington\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5196-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/washington\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5196-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were excited to welcome author Beth Ferry to Washington and Lincoln Schools today for our annual author visit. Ms.\u00a0 Ferry is a\u00a0New York Times\u00a0bestselling author of numerous picture books including\u00a0Stick and Stone, Land Shark,\u00a0and\u00a0The Nice Dream Truck. 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