Making an author's visit your best 'good time'.

From: Teacher Librarian | Date: June 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

AUTHOR VISITS MAKE CONNECTIONS. THE AUTHOR CONNECTS WITH THE LIBRARIAN, THE FACULTY AND THE STUDENTS, AND IN TURN, WE CONNECT WITH THE AUTHOR. WHEN STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE OFFERED UP A STRONG DIET OF ONE AUTHOR'S WORK, IT CAN CREATE A UNIFIED INTEREST THAT TRANSCENDS GRADE LEVELS AND BRIDGES CURRICULA.

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Stories speak to people in different ways. Yet it's the person behind the story who pushes the literature into a malleable body of imaginative possibilities. Author visits transform quiet written words from a private exchange between reader and author into a ...

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