RALEIGH, N.C. — School didn’t always come easy for one Durham Public Schools teacher, but now his past struggle helps motivate him as a fifth grade teacher as well as a children’s book author and illustrator.
“I had been trying to make books and comic books since I was in kindergarten,” said Jonathan W.W. Norville, who’s also known as Jon O.
While he’s always loved storytelling, he says a learning disability made reading a struggle for him growing up. Despite that, he’s now a published author and illustrator of not just one, but two books…