Book signing celebration
Scott signs books at the Ruby the Red Worm ice cream social and book signing. It's hard to see, but along the wall is another row of student illustrators signing their page in the book.

School book signing

The ice cream social and book signing celebration for “Ruby the Red Worm” drew over 1000 people. It was one of the most overwhelming, amazing and fulfilling moments of my life to see the dreams of so many students coming to life. The students were so proud to sign their illustrations in everyone’s book, and the parents and teachers were almost just as proud.

Thanks to the Waukesha STEM Academy for going way beyond the call of duty to organize this event, which is no easy job. They also included free ice cream for all the kids.

An idea for future fundraisers would be to include cupcakes for sale for books like the upcoming “Cupcake Boy”. And, we can also build bridges with the community by inviting the media to do a story about the school and the book’s message, as we did with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

A line of people getting their books signed by the kids.
Friends and family waiting for their books to be signed. This is only one corner of the school gym packed with people.
A line of people getting their books signed by the kids.
Some people waited for over an hour to get their books signed.
Picture of Scott Stoll

Scott Stoll

My claim to fame is that I rode a bicycle around the world and wrote some books. More about me.

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