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How to Capture Live Authors and Bring Them to Your Schools [Paperback]

David Melton (Author)

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Publication Date: March 1986 | ISBN-10: 0933849036 | ISBN-13: 978-0933849037 | Edition: 1st

This is an important resource book for teachers, librarians, and parents.

If you want to initiate or improve your Young Author's Days, Children's Literature Festivals, and author-related programs--this book is for you!

This outstanding resource book has recived rave reviews and enthusiastic response from librarians and teachers nationwide.

This book covers everything! The checklists are invaluable. Teachers and librarians will want to read this book from cover to cover.

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If you want to initiate or improve your Young Author's Days, Children's Literature Festivals, and author-related programs--this book is for you!

This outstanding resource book has recived rave reviews and enthusiastic response from librarians and teachers nationwide.

This book covers everything! The checklists are invaluable. Teachers and librarians will want to read this book from cover to cover.

Editorial Reviews

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At last a "Dr. Spock" for the care and feeding of authors... -- C.S. Adler, author FOOTSTEPS ON THE STAIRS

Every educator who ever wanted to invite a published author to come to his school take note of this book! -- CURRICULUM PRODUCT REVIEW

Melton covers everything. His checklists of things to be done before the author arrives are invaluable. -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

Thanks to this wonder book, our first Visiting Author Program worked perfectly. Thank you! Thank you! -- Trudie Garrett, School Librarian, House Springs, Missouri

This book is full of down-to-earth information. -- BOOKLIST

About the Author

In addition to being one of the most versatile and prolific talents on the literary and art scenes today, Mr. Melton has gained a wide reputation as a guest speaker and teacher. He has spoken to hundreds of professional, social and civic groups, and is a frequent guest on local and national radio and television talk shows.

Product Details

Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Landmark Editions; 1st edition (March 1986)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0933849036
ISBN-13: 978-0933849037
Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.2 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,408,664 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Each year thousands of schools throughout the country invite authors and illustrators to speak to classes of students. Read the first page

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Suggested Class Projects, David Melton, Mary Calhoun, Central Missouri State University, Children's Literature Festival, Ida Chittum, International Reading Association, New York, Sandy Asher, Barbara Robinson, Clyde Robert Bulla, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Lynn Hall, Marian Potter, Theodore Taylor, Wilma Pitchford Hays, Berniece Rabe, Dorothy Francis, Julia Cunningham, Robert Burch, Stella Pevsner

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This book cites 3 books:

The Complete Little House Nine-Book Set by Laura Ingalls Wilder on page 31, and page 84
Images of Greatness: A Celebration of Life by David Melton in Back Matter
Words By Heart by Ouida Sebestyen on page 91

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