Raindrops to rivers: Children’s book teaches kids about stormwater
DeSoto County Supervisor Lee Caldwell reads “Shellby’s Stormwater Adventure" to a group of children. (Courtesy DeSoto County Board of Supervisors)
A turtle named Shellby is leading first graders across DeSoto County on a journey to learn where rainwater goes after it falls and why keeping it clean matters.
“Shellby’s Stormwater Adventure,” a new children’s book written and illustrated by county leaders, is being read aloud this week in elementary classrooms across DeSoto County as part of Stormwater Awareness Week.
Some of the readers included Supervisors Mark Gardner, Lee Caldwell and Ray Denison along with Walls Mayor Keidron Henderson, Hernando Mayor Chip Johnson and Republican state Reps. Kimberly Remak and Rodney Hall.
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Brandon LaGrone II
Brandon LaGrone Jr. is a Bluff City native who has earned an undergraduate degree in journalism from LSU’s Manship School. He’s written for publications including The (Baton Rouge) Advocate and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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