Skype Author Visit Database Author
example Books | Gr | Price/Length of call | Comments | Website | Melissa Stewart
science series books
When Rain Falls
Under the Snow | 2 | $150 for ½ hour | Very engaging, explained her background before coming to write, the rejection process, the rewriting and editing process, working with an illustrator, etc. Took questions from the students.
| http://www.melissa-stewart.com/
Fun website for kids | Elizabeth Winthrop
Castle in the Attic
Battle for the Castle
and 50 others
| 4 | $200 for an hour. We did 45 min. | Very good. She talked about how she started writing, where her ideas came from and took questions from the students | http://elizabethwinthrop.com/ | Mary Amato
Riot Brothers
Please Write in this Book
Naked Mole Rat Letters
| 3 | $200 for two ½ calls | Excellent! She teaches how to develop a character in the first call. Before the second call the kids do so and write a paragraph in the voice of their character. She critiques 3 or 4 in the second call, in a very positive fashion. | http://www.maryamato.com/
Good resource on the writing process | Janet Stevens
humorous picture books
Help Me, Mr. Mutt
My Big Dog
The Little Red Pen
| 2 | | | http://www.janetstevens.com/
| Susan Pearson
picture books
Jack and the Beanstalk
How to Teach a Slug
to Read
| 1 | $250 for 1 hour | | http://www.susanpearson.net/ | Michelle Knudsen
picture books
Library Lion, Argus, The Dragon of Trelian
| 2 | Free for
15 - 20 min. | “I read "Library Lion" and "Argus" to the second grade class. Then I had the students prepare questions on index cards and we grouped similar questions together. Since we didn't have time for every student to ask a question, I had them come up to the webcam in groups of three. Michelle was wonderful and gave thoughtful answers to the students.” ~ K. Cullen | www.michelleknudsen.com |
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