nErDing Out!

Teachers get star-struck when we get to meet authors of our favorite books and attend conferences with speakers that have been professional mentors. Last Saturday I got to attend a workshop by Georgia Heard, an author and member of Columbia Teachers College Reading and Writing Project. I absolutely love to teach children how to write and have been inspired to do so by studying books by authors like Georgia.

I am really excited to attend nErD camp this coming weekend at Western Washington University. This "unconference" focuses on literacy in learning and appeals to the book nerds we are proud to be. I have my books lined up and ready to get signed by...drum roll please.... KATE DiCAMILLO!! We have read some of DiCamillo's books in class such as The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Because of Winn-Dixie and Merci Watson. I am writing you this post (not only to let you in on my nerdiness) to let you know that Kate DiCamillo will be at the Seattle Public Library (central location), this Wednesday, February 25th. The multi-award winning author will talk about her work from 7-8 pm and it's free (no registration required). 

Home

Next week we will have an author visit from Carson Ellis. Ellis is an artist and the illustrator of Wildwood books and has just written her first book Home. Her debut book is about various types of homes around the world. The book gets released this week. If you'd like to get your own signed copy there are order forms available in the QAE library.