Children’s Author Tina Parks Visits Lower School

5/19/2022

Berlin, MD – On Thursday, May 19, 2022 children’s author Tina Parks (Salisbury, MD) visited Worcester Preparatory School’s (WPS) Pre-K through 1^st Grade to share her book, Vincent Van Goat Wants a New Coat.

Tina, who is also a WPS parent, read the book aloud while her son, Jack (’32), shared the illustrations by Jenell Willey with the audience. Her other son, Declan, looked on from the audience with his Kindergarten class.

The book is based on a true series of events that occurred on the Parks family farm. The synopsis is Vincent Van Goat finds himself in a new home on a new farm, but the other goats there don't like him because he looks different. Through an act of courage and bravery, he's able to win their trust when they learn that sometimes what makes you different makes you special. Following the reading, the students were thrilled to also visit with a couple of the books characters, Vincent Van Goat and Mr. Pickles the mini horse.

Tina Parks book, Vincent Van Goat Wants a New Coat, can be found on Amazon.

Celebrating 50 years, Worcester Preparatory School is an independent, college prep day school for Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 students. Located minutes from the beach in Berlin, MD., the private school attracts an average of 500 students from Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. For more information, please visit www.worcesterprep.org or call 410.641.3575.

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Children’s author Tina Parks reads her book, Vincent Van Goat Wants a New Coat, aloud Worcester Preparatory School lower school students.
Tina Parks son, Jack Parks (Salisbury, MD), assists his mom in showing the illustrations by Jenell Willey to lower school students while she read the book aloud.
Children’s author, Tina Parks (center, with son Declan on her lap), takes a group photo with WPS Pre-K through Grade 1 and their teachers after sharing her book. Vincent Van Goat and Mr. Pickles the mini horse was also present to get in on the action!
WPS Pre-K students Victoria Gonokhina (Berlin, MD), Ellie Tunis (Ocean City, MD) and Savannah Baker (Salisbury, MD) take turns petting Vincent Van Goat.
WPS Pre-K student Ilya Buinovskis (Selbyville, DE) took to Vincent Van Goat while his classmates look on.
Deegan Adkins (Laurel, DE) feeds Mr. Pickles the mini horse as his classmates Carly McCullum (Ocean City, MD), Thomas Cason (Salisbury, MD), Jacques Hillion (Rehoboth Beach, DE), and Cullen Kaufman (Selbyville, DE) wait their turn.

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Worcester Preparatory School

508 South Main Street, Berlin, MD 21811

Phone: 410-641-3575 | Fax: 410-641-3586

Celebrating 50 years, WPS is an independent, college prep day school for Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 students. Located in Berlin, Maryland, the private school attracts an average of 500 students from Maryland, Delaware and Virginia.