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From School Library Journal
Using anecdotes and examples from schools across the country, Buzzeo and Kurtz offer advice on how to create positive encounters between students in grades K-12 and "bookpeople"-authors, illustrators, and storytellers. Readers are walked through successful visits; given pointers on choosing the right guest (glamorous or convenient, expensive or affordable, experienced or novice, etc.); and offered suggestions on how to make the most of curriculum connections before the visit. An extremely valuable section presents alternatives to real-time visits: e-mail exchanges, online chats, young-writer critiques, or other mentoring programs. The authors suggest how to make these contacts, rules of etiquette, possible set-up arrangements, payment, and outcomes. Numerous "Spotlight" boxes introduce a variety of Canadian and American "bookpeople" and how to contact them. "Alternate Connections" provides sources for visits, author and illustrator Web pages, a list of publisher-managed sites for author interaction, and possible satellite hookups for closed-circuit visits. A handy guide, clearly set up, for both novice planners and old hands.
Susan Hepler, Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, VA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
A lot of information is crammed into this handbook about author and illustrator visits. Much is common sense, and a good deal can be found in other resources. Still, librarians, particularly (though not exclusively) in schools, who are planning author visits will find practical hints in such sections as "Nuts 'n' Bolts for a Visit Organizer." First-person accounts of visits, contributed by teachers and librarians, authors, and storytellers, are abundant--perhaps too abundant--though some of the stories will surely remind event planners about the importance of small details and simple courtesy. What may intrigue readers the most is the section on "virtual visits," which explores ways in which students and authors can communicate online or by using television/satellite links. The suggested readings section is surprisingly scant, and the lengthy bibliography of the titles published by the authors mentioned in the book doesn't seem particularly useful. Although it may take a while to sort through the information, patient teachers and librarians will find plenty of value here. Todd Morning
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Using anecdotes and examples from schools across the country, Buzzeo and Kurtz offer advice on how to create positive encounters between students in grades K-12 and "bookpeople"-authors, illustrators, and storytellers. Readers are walked through successful visits; given pointers on choosing the right guest (glamorous or convenient, expensive or affordable, experienced or novice, etc.); and offered suggestions on how to make the most of curriculum connections before the visit. An extremely valuable section presents alternatives to real-time visits: e-mail exchanges, online chats, young-writer critiques, or other mentoring programs. The authors suggest how to make these contacts, rules of etiquette, possible set-up arrangements, payment, and outcomes. Numerous "Spotlight" boxes introduce a variety of Canadian and American "bookpeople" and how to contact them. "Alternate Connections" provides sources for visits, author and illustrator Web pages, a list of publisher-managed sites for author interaction, and possible satellite hookups for closed-circuit visits. A handy guide, clearly set up, for both novice planners and old hands.
Susan Hepler, Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, VA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
A lot of information is crammed into this handbook about author and illustrator visits. Much is common sense, and a good deal can be found in other resources. Still, librarians, particularly (though not exclusively) in schools, who are planning author visits will find practical hints in such sections as "Nuts 'n' Bolts for a Visit Organizer." First-person accounts of visits, contributed by teachers and librarians, authors, and storytellers, are abundant--perhaps too abundant--though some of the stories will surely remind event planners about the importance of small details and simple courtesy. What may intrigue readers the most is the section on "virtual visits," which explores ways in which students and authors can communicate online or by using television/satellite links. The suggested readings section is surprisingly scant, and the lengthy bibliography of the titles published by the authors mentioned in the book doesn't seem particularly useful. Although it may take a while to sort through the information, patient teachers and librarians will find plenty of value here. Todd Morning
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