HUGE NEWS!
Ty Allan Jackson's ground-breaking chapter book Danny Dollar Millionaire - The Lemonade Escapade has just been adapted into a play through the Berkshire Theatre Group in Western Massachusetts. You can learn more by clicking the link here:
http://berkshirefamilyfocus.com/danny-dollar-millionaire-extraordinaire-...
Congratulations to Big Head Books founder and president Ty Allan Jackson for being awarded as one of Berkshire Counties Top 25 Most Dedicated, Most Creative and Most Influential by Berkshire Magazine.
http://townvibe.com/Berkshire/September-2016/The-Berkshire-25/
Author Ty Allan Jackson had the pleasure of speaking to over 500 students and 100+ educators at Frederick Harris Elementary School in Springfield, MA during Family Literacy Day. After school there was an open house where he gave a keynote to the parents about the importance of reading in the home. It was a magical day.
The event was featured in the Republican Newspaper seen here:
READ - BELIEVE - ACHIEVE - SUCCEED
In one of Ty's favorite interviews host Bernie Fallon talks with Ty about his path to becoming an author, life growing up in the Bronx, his passions and how to start a movement. http://goodology.com/gp-003-ty-allan-jackson-creates-inspiring-movement-...
And the winner for Entrepreneur/VIsionary of the year is......not Ty Allan Jackson but what an honor to be one of the finalists chosen by The Berkshire Chamber of Commerce. Ty was nominated for promoting literacy in the Berkshires and beyond through his most recent book “YOU ARE AMAZING/I AM AMAZING", a self-affirmation book for children featuring real children from the Berkshires.
Ty Allan Jackson stated it was an honor to be featured as a "Gateway City Leader" by MassInc. Ty was given this honor for promoting literacy to the youth of Masachusetts as well as his work in promoting literacy to incarcerated parents though The F.U.L.L. Program, an institution-based program built to sever the cycle of incarceration that is so prominent in America. The F.U.L.L. program, founded by S.E.E.D. Network C.E.O. Eddie Taylor, has changed thousands of lives by reducing the recidivism rate to single digits through those who have participated.
There were many highlights for Ty Allan Jackson in 2015 including being featured in one of the premier magazines in Massachuestts. Berkshire Magazine featured Ty in the segment entitled "Ten Minutes With..." You can read the entire article here:
http://www.townvibe.com/Berkshire-Magazine/March-April-2015/Ten-Minutes-...
In December of 2014, author Ty Allan Jackson, in collaboration with The United Way of the Greater Capital Region, promoted literacy to over 400 preschool students through a program titled ONE BOOK. The "one book" that was used was Ty Allan Jackson's picture book masterpiece "When I Close My Eyes". The attached image provides an example of the impact promoting literacy can have on a child.