Bringing Schools and Authors Together

We love meeting authors!  Authors and illustrators are like rock stars in the publishing industry.  We are a local bookstore, but local isn't the same as small.  We've hosted events large and small for authors near and far. From NY Times Bestsellers and local authors, we've hosted them all. 

Not only do we host authors in the store but we take them around town and introduce them to students at local schools.  Authors and illustrators talk to students about the writing process and illustrating.  Students can learn how to draw a 4 panel comic strip or brainstorm ideas for new stories.  When Jeff Stone author of the Five Ancestors Series came from the midwest, he taught 3rd-5th graders various tae-kwon-do poses!

Students have heard Mike Lupica sharing the story behind his novel, Travel Team, or Kathy Van Cleve telling about her childhood growing up on a farm in NJ as inspiration for her novel, Drizzle.  These programs are more than a book signing.  Connecting authors with students is about bringing real life experiences into the classroom.  

Authors visiting local schools this spring:
Amy Ignatow, author of the Popularity Papers
Kathy Van Cleve, author of Drizzle
Peter Lerangis and Jude Watson, authors of Vespers Rising, 39 Clues #11
Julie Sternberg, Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie