The Evelyn Thurman Young Readers Book Award winners visited several elementary schools during their visit to Bowling Green. Illustrator Lynne Avril talked to students at Plano, Alvaton, and Dishman-McGinnis elementary schools and asked them to assist with drawing one of the characters from the winning book. Author George Ella Lyon visited Lost River Elementary School and told the children how reading and writing played a role in her life growing up and how her experiences impacted her career. Both ladies completed their visit with a luncheon in their honor.