It’s not every day one can meet a tractor in the library. You need to stop by and find out how we fit that little (?) red machine in. Linda Boatman will be the driving force to show us Torgy and all his cousins.
According to Linda’s Bio she is a local author who resides in Great Falls. Linda’s mother is from England and the two particular series she loved reading while growing up were “The Famous Five” and “The Adventurous Four” by Enid Blyton.
She states she enjoyed reading and writing in her youth and always wanted to write a children’s book. Linda’s family consists of her husband, three children and ten grandchildren and loves spending time with her family. When her children were little she read to them for hours. Now she reads to her grandchildren.
Linda stresses that there is nothing we can substitute, and nothing more important we can do for our children than sitting down, opening a book and reading to them, especially in their formative years. With all the electronics we have today, she feels it is even more important to shut off the electronics, pick up a book to read, sit down, and spend time with our children.
She taught her children from a young age that being able to read well is the window to the world. Linda maintains that if you can read well, you can do anything and go anywhere!
The inspiration for Torgy the Tractor comes from her love of reading in her youth and from Torgerson’s, LLC, where she now works. They have lots of red tractors there! Linda professes she loves working at Torgerson’s, which has given her the opportunity to make Torgy the Tractor come alive on the pages of her book.
Torgy is an adventurous tractor that experiences life through the eyes of a tractor on a farm in Montana. In Linda’s book, Torgy needs his cousin’s help to get Farmer George’s harvest completed.
Come meet Torgy (and Linda too) Tuesday April 22st at 6:00 p.m. at Wedsworth Library. Enjoy the delicious treats that the Women’s Club will be serving and meet those neighbors you haven’t seen all winter.