Franklin Lakes Girl Wins Scholastic Writing Competition

An elementary school  student from Franklin Lakes is one of only four nationwide finalists in a writing competition run by Scholastic this school year, the book company recently announced on its website.

Bianca W. penned a story called “Norman Mouse” and entered it into the contest. Franklin Lakes Board members released the following information about the contest:

In the Fall, Scholastic Books asked students from across the country to come up with an imaginative and compelling character to star in a famous author’s original story. They were impressed, charmed, and tickled.

They recently announced the one winner and four finalists. Congratulations to Bianca W. from Woodside Avenue School in Franklin Lakes. Beloved children's book author Patrick Jennings actually hand-picked Bianca's entry to be one of the finalists! Scholastic books received more than 4,000 entries this year for their annual Create a Character Contest and Bianca being a finalist was an enormous achievement. Congratulations Bianca to you and Norman Mouse your character.  

According to Scholastic, Bianca’s book is about the following:

Norman is a 60-year-old mouse who is named after his great-great-grandfather Norman Mousebeard. He always wears a top hat and bow tie; his greatest hobby is drawing, and he paints many self-portraits. Norman lives in a tin can behind the sink; whenever he ventures out from behind the sink, he almost gets stepped on. He dreams that one day he won’t be a mouse that everyone’s afraid of. Over time, Norman grows from being a shy mouse to one with a lot of courage.