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AUTHOR VISITS
Thank you,
thank you, thank you to the Skano PTA/Cultural Arts Committee for
providing us with the opportunity to learn from these great authors
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Alexandra Siy |
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Ms. Siy visited Skano on May 5, 2005. In
addition to seeing some great photos of astronauts and the moon, we learned that an
author becomes an expert on something before they write a book about
that subject. You can learn more about Ms. Siy by visiting her
website. |
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Charles R. Smith, Jr. |
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Mr. Smith visited Skano on
January 13th, 2005. If you'd like to learn more
about this photographer/poet/author, check out his website:
Charles R. Smith, Jr. |
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James
Bruchac |
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Mr. Bruchac visited Skano on November 11, 2004.
He shared fun animal legends with the primary students, and scary
survival stories with the intermediate students. The PM
Kindergarteners heard Mr. Bruchac tell stories in the library.
Everyone enjoyed looking at the casts of animal tracks that had he
brought with him. We were all thrilled to get our books signed
by Mr. Bruchac. To learn more
about this local author, visit his
website.
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Gail
Gibbons |
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We were very lucky to have Gail Gibbons visit our
school on March 3, 2004. She showed us slides of how a book is
made. We loved it when she drew "Happy Reading" pictures for us.
Learn more about this nonfiction author at her
official website. |
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Steven
Kellogg |
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author/illustrator Steven Kellogg visited Skano in order to launch the
Dolphin Readers Program. He visited the A.M. and P.M.
Kindergarteners in their classrooms, and addressed the 1st through 5th
graders in a school-wide assembly. While he spoke, he drew pictures
of some of our favorite characters... |
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learn more about Mr. Kellogg at his
web site. |
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