Fireweed mural inspires young readers

The beginning readers at Little Fireweed now have something to look up at between exploring books during Partner Reading Time: a new mural on the library wall. 

Over the summer, kindergarten teacher Kim Fine invited three local artists — Nancy Wise, Barb Wyatt and Sarah Robertson — to decorate the wall. The three women got together and planned out the piece students can admire now.

It’s a row of smiling kids standing on books in a sky full of fluffy clouds, with miscellaneous objects floating by: a clock, a whistle, a teapot, little chicks in a wheelbarrow.

“I’m really grateful to (the artists). It’s a sweet part of the community when local artists will spend time in schools making art,” said Fine.

The mural has been a big hit with the kids. Each student seems to have a different favorite feature.

Second grader Jasmine Kupetz likes a girl with purple hair. Her reading partner, Keagan Niebuhr, is a fan of the fairy reaching out to touch a cloud.

“I like the ice cream,” said their classmate, Sinon Smith.

“Yeah, me too, the ice cream,” said his partner, Vincent Black. “I just want to eat it off the wall.”

Annie Rosenthal can be reached at annie.rosenthal@homernews.com.