DAPHNE — Newbery Award-winning author Sharon Creech will talk about her latest book, “The Castle Corona,” Sunday to help raise money for Supporting Educational Enrichment in Daphne’s Schools.

The event will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday at the Storybook Guesthouse in Fairhope.

SEEDS is a nonprofit organization that supplies funds for enrichment programs and materials.

Creech wrote “Walk Two Moons,” a book that won the Newbery Medal and is on several required reading lists within the national education system, according to Page & Palette owner Karin Wilson.

The John Newbery Medal is given to the author of an outstanding book. The medal is given by the American Library Association’s Association for Library Service to Children.

Creech won the Carnegie Medal for her book “Ruby Holler.” The Carnegie Medal in Literature is a British award that is comparable to the Newbery Medal.

The author’s honor and recognition will make Sunday’s fundraiser a memorable event for children, Wilson said.

“For kids to get a chance to meet her, it’s something they will remember for the rest of their lives,” she said.

In addition to a memorable event for children, SEEDS has planned a memorable evening for Creech. The education foundation will present the author with the bound edition of winning entries from a local art and essay contest, Denise D’Oliveira, SEEDS communications coordinator, said.

Students in kindergarten through second grades had entered an illustration contest and those in third grade and above entered an essay contest. About 400 entries from around the county were received, according to D’Oliveira.

But fundraising is the event’s first cause. Tickets cost $5 per person or $15 per family.

“Page & Palette had the opportunity to bring this author to the area and Wilson offered to make the SEEDS Lyceum the beneficiary of the event,” D’Oliveira said.

SEEDS’ Lyceum, a developing program comprising one-week courses that focus on

the humanities — such as drama, literature, history — will begin next summer. The program will be open to all Baldwin County students.

The classes — which would be offered for kindergarten through 12th grades — would need to appeal to students so they would want to attend summer classes, D’Oliveira said.

“It would be something they may never get to study or spend enough time on during school, like building the pyramids in Egypt, a poetry cafe, or early civilization,” she said.

“It’s an effort to expand their horizons,” she added.

“We felt like that was something that we would like to support because it affects all county students,” Wilson said.

SEEDS is modeling its Lyceum after a program based in California.

“Their mission is to provide enrichment learning in the communities for lifelong learning, and that keeps in step with SEEDS,” D’Oliveira said.

“There’s a lot of extra resources going into improving fundamental education, like math, reading and sciences. The basic fundamental courses are getting a lot of extra support,” D’Oliveira said.

“One area we thought needed more support was the humanities area,” she said.

The Lyceum could bring the community together by allowing people to teach something they are passionate about, she said.