Author+Recommendations

Below is a list of authors that have visited our schools and the opinions of the librarians who invited them. If you know of an author you've had in the past who you thought was excellent, please add his/her name here along with what made him stand out or how her presentation was wonderful as well as your contact information. To add an author, just click on the "Edit this Page" button and go to work. If you visit this page and see an author you'd like to make a comment about, positive or negative, click on the discussion button above and post your thoughts.


 * We had Alex Sanchez (author of Rainbow Boys and many others) last week-- he was great. Highly recommended for schools willing to discuss gay/lesbian & diversity issues. Anna
 * Laurie Halse Anderson just spoke to our 8th graders and she was absolutely fabulous!!! She's great at relating how she writes and researches her books to the kids and she's got a great personality...very teen-friendly! I highly recommend her for middle and high schools. Donna K.
 * Paul Janeczko is going digital. He is offering to "come" to your schools via Skype. Please see the attachment for more information. [[file:PoetSkype-1.doc]]
 * Many authors have joined Paul Janeczko into the virtual world! Below are some links to help you find an author willing to Skype a visit as well as sites offering tips on making the whole thing work. Skype author visits are cheaper and, sometimes easier to organize because they can be done on a class by class basis. If you can't find the author you are looking for on any of the sites below, just go to their web pages and check there. Sometimes you can contact them personally and they will set something up.
 * [|Skype and Author Network]
 * [|Virtual Author Visits: The good, the bad, and the ugly & the awesome]
 * [|An Author in Every Classroom] (article from SLJ)
 * We had Dan Gutman visit on January 25th (the day of the GISL meeting) and he was fantastic. He engaged the students and got them even more excited about reading. Stacy Brown
 *  We highly recommend several authors…We have had, among others, Kay Heath (www.KayHeathBooks.com) and Patsy Smith Roberts, who illustrates the story with her photos of African animals, and really enjoyed them. June Wood Brookstone School