LAKEPORT, Calif. – Local children’s author, Cliff Vinsonhaler, donated his new book entitled “Rodey” to the Lake County Office of Education’s Hero Project.

The book tells the story of a mouse who wants to live in a house and the adventure he undergoes to make that happen.

“Rodey” is richly illustrated by Steve Ferchaud with fun, colorful images that display lots of action and adventure.

The Hero Project gave the book to families with young children who completed its recent challenge, Read Together and Educate.

The Hero Project is a program that helps parents improve their parenting skills to enrich parent-child relationships to promote healthy early childhood development.

The challenges change themes every two months during the school year to focus on specific activities and practices that parents can do with their children.

The activities and practices are designed to support physical, cognitive, language, social and emotional development in early childhood.

Regularly reading, speaking and singing to children from birth increases a child’s grasp of language, builds literacy skills and positively impacts success in school and life.

To learn more about the Hero Project or to take the current challenge, Eat Together & Nutrition, visit www.lakecountyheroproject.com .

Christine Hutt is communications coordinator for the Lake County Office of Education.

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