It was 2 a.m. when 1819 News Editor-at-Large Erica Thomas woke up with an idea for a children’s book. For months, she had been covering stories of concerned parents and community members fighting to keep inappropriate material out of children’s sections in public libraries.
The Fairhope City Council heard from more concerned citizens Monday about inappropriate material being reported in the Fairhope Public Library.
It was 20 years ago when she was a senior in high school that Emily G. Cordon was given an assignment that would one day change her life. She didn’t know it at the time, but the art project that was all about believing dreams do come true, would one day be a symbol of her own dreams coming true.