Next Wednesday, Kate and Sarah Klise will be visiting our school to give presentations to all students in grades K-5. We have been busy getting ready for their visit by becoming familiar with their books and learning some background information about them. We learned that Kate and Sarah are one year apart, and that they wrote their first book together when they were only 10 and 11 years old! It would be interesting to ask them about that book. I wonder if they still have a copy of it somewhere!
The following Wednesday Sally Walker will be visiting students in
grades 1-5! We've also been reading some of Sally's books and learning about her background to prepare for the visit. Sally writes about so many interesting things, such as stories from the American Revolution and the discovery of the coelacanth fish. We will definitely have a lot of questions to ask. I wonder about Sally's research, and what is was like to talk to real scientists to get information for her books. How did she arrange the interviews? We know that her father was a "great nonfiction storyteller." Other than being a storyteller, did he have any other jobs? Did any other people in Sally's family influence her interests in science and history?
It will be so exciting to meet these authors! I don't know about you, but I can't wait!!
The following Wednesday Sally Walker will be visiting students in
grades 1-5! We've also been reading some of Sally's books and learning about her background to prepare for the visit. Sally writes about so many interesting things, such as stories from the American Revolution and the discovery of the coelacanth fish. We will definitely have a lot of questions to ask. I wonder about Sally's research, and what is was like to talk to real scientists to get information for her books. How did she arrange the interviews? We know that her father was a "great nonfiction storyteller." Other than being a storyteller, did he have any other jobs? Did any other people in Sally's family influence her interests in science and history?
It will be so exciting to meet these authors! I don't know about you, but I can't wait!!