EXETER – Exeter High School English teacher Dan Provost said when the pandemic started his former student, Catherine Weeks, came to him and wanted to find a way to remain more connected to school.
Provost, having already written the text of a children’s story he hopes to publish, said he thought up a creative solution for Weeks in the form of an Extended Learning Opportunity, or ELO, and enlisted her to illustrate the book.
The idea popped into his head following a group project last year where he saw Weeks’ artistic talents up close, Provost said.
The book is to be titled “Fraser,” which is about a crooked Fraser fir Christmas tree. The tree, named Fraser, feels left out when he sees his fellow Christmas trees go home with other happy families. Then, a family living in a crooked home, with crooked photos on the wall, a crooked antenna on their car, and their son wearing a crooked winter hat, stumble upon Fraser and see him as the perfect fit for their centerpiece Christmas decoration.