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2024-25 Author Visits & Events
2024-25 Author Visits & Events
Wednesday, March 19
Wednesday, March 19
Zoom Author Visit with Biologist, Author, & Illustrator Lindsay Moore
2/3/4/5H & 5S - 9:30-10:15
K/1 - 10:40-11:20
Did you order a book? Books will arrive in early April.
Did you order a book? Books will arrive in early April.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
'Master of fast-paced histories' -THE WASHINGTON POST
Presentation to grades 5-8. This visit is made possible by the generosity of the BEF Saker Fund.
Book orders are now closed. However, if you have a copy at home that you would like Mr. Sheinkin to sign, please contact Ms. Reid.
Grades 6-8: Want to help host & introduce Mr. Sheinkin?
Enter the competition! Check Canvas for the details.
Read Across Driscoll Spirit Week (K-5)
Read Across Driscoll Spirit Week (K-5)
March 3-7, 2025
March 3-7, 2025
Celebrate Read Across America Week!
ZOO NEW ENGLAND
ZOO NEW ENGLAND
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Presentation to grades K-2 in the Library
8:45 - 9:05 - K
9:15 - 9:35 - 1
9:45 - 10:05 - 2
ZOO NEW ENGLAND: Turtle Life cycles
ZOO NEW ENGLAND: Turtle Life cycles
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 8:45-9:45 MPR
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 8:45-9:45 MPR
Presentation to grades 3-6 on Turtle Life Cycles.
Friday, January 24, 2025
Friday, January 24, 2025
Illustrator, wildlife artist, adventurer, and dedicated conservationist Matt Patterson will visit with grades K-5 during Science Solstice. Order a copy of the the gorgeously illustrated, award winning The Book of Turtles for Matt to sign when he is here. Books are $20.
Click here to fill out the book order form. Due Thursday, January 9th.
2023-24 Author Visits
2023-24 Author Visits
matt Faulkner
matt Faulkner
February 8, 2024
February 8, 2024
We had a great World Read Aloud Day Zoom visit with Driscoll Student Book Award nominee author Matthew Faulkner. Over thirty middle school students signed up (even before they knew there would be pizza) and attended. Matt shared his upcoming book, talked about My Nest of Silence and his own family’s history with the Japanese internment camps, and showed some very cool time lapse video of this artwork in Procreate.
2022-23 Author Visits
2022-23 Author Visits
Thursday, May 25, Grades 4-8
Thursday, May 25, Grades 4-8
Award winning author Veera Hiranandani will visit Driscoll on May 25. Her most recent middle-grade novel, How to Find What You're Not Looking For, received the 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Award, the 2022 Jane Addams Book Award, and was a finalist for the 2022 National Jewish Book Award. It was also named a Best Children's Book of the Year by Amazon, Kirkus Reviews, Bank Street College, and Brightly. The Newbery Honor winning, The Night Diary, also received the 2019 Walter Dean Myers Honor Award, the 2018 Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children's Literature, and several other honors and state reading list awards. The Night Diary was chosen as a 2018 Best Children's Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Amazon, School Library Journal, and Kirkus Reviews.
Schedule
9:00-9:45 - Grades 4 and 5 in library
10:00-10:45 - Grades 6 and 7 in library
StoryMakers In The Kitchen with Veera Hiranandani
StoryMakers In The Kitchen with Veera Hiranandani
Veera Hirandani in Conversation with Editor about The Night Diary
Veera Hirandani in Conversation with Editor about The Night Diary
Thursday, March 16, Grades 1-5
Thursday, March 16, Grades 1-5
8:20-9:05 Grades 1 and 2 in the Library
9:20-10:05 Grades 3, 4, and 5 in the Library
Caldecott medalist Jason Chin is the author and illustrator of many acclaimed books, including Grand Canyon, Redwoods and Your Place in the Universe. He received the 2022 Caldecott Medal for Watercress, by Andrea Wang and a Caldecott Honor, Sibert Honor, and the NCTE Orbis Pictus award for Grand Canyon. While researching his books, he’s gone swimming with sharks, explored lava fields and camped with scorpions at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Jason loves making art, learning about science and getting outside to hike, bike, ski and explore.
Did you order a book? All books were delivered to classrooms on Monday, March 28.
December 20, 8:15am Grades K-2
December 20, 8:15am Grades K-2
Ms. Cutting will visit Driscoll with her daughter, Hannah (Driscoll ‘19 and BHS ‘23), who inspired her to write A is for Always: An Adoption Alphabet.
Linda Katherine Cutting, award-winning author of the memoir Memory Slips, has also published in The New York Times, The London Guardian, The New Republic, The Boston Globe, Wired, and The Beacon Book of Essays by Contemporary American Women. She lives with her husband and two adopted children in Brookline.
Book order form here. Due Wednesday December 14.
2021-22 Author Visits
2021-22 Author Visits
New book - just out April 12!
May 19, 1pm, Zoom: Grades 4-8
May 19, 1pm, Zoom: Grades 4-8
Christina Soontornvat is the award-winning author of over a dozen books for children of all ages. Her recent works include the middle grade fantasy, A Wish in the Dark, which was named a 2021 Newbery Honor Book, and was chosen as Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and and All Thirteen: The Incredible Rescue of the Thai Boys Soccer Team, which received the 2021 Kirkus Prize for Young People’s Literature and was also named a 2021 Newbery Honor Book. Her newest book, The Last Mapmaker, out April 12th.
Slideshow: How the Zoom Visit will Run and Submit Your Questions for Ms. Soontornvat
Slideshow: How the Zoom Visit will Run and Submit Your Questions for Ms. Soontornvat
Jerry Pallotta: March 23, K-5
Jerry Pallotta: March 23, K-5
Jerry Pallotta, author of the Who Would Win? series , will visit with K-5 on March 23.
In this series, a Driscoll favorite, kids can compare facts about different animals to make predictions about who would win if these cool creatures ever came face-to-face!
And when I say a Driscoll favorite, I am not exaggerating. During checkout time, there is usually a line of kids, waiting for their turn at the Who Would Win bin. Gotta love that passion and enthusiasm for books!
Visit Schedule
Visit Schedule
The Bird Alphabet Book
The Bird Alphabet Book
Not a Butterfly Alphabet Book
Not a Butterfly Alphabet Book
IMG_1781.MOVWho Would Win: Moose or Black Bear?
Who Would Win: Moose or Black Bear?
IMG_9754.MOVWho Would Win: Cat or Puppy?
Who Would Win: Cat or Puppy?
Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes
Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes
Dr. Rhodes once again met with 6th Grade students, who read Black Brother, Black Brother as part of their race and fairness unit in Social Studies with Ms. Pritchard. To learn more about Dr. Rhodes, visit her website here.
Many thanks to the PTO for funding this visit again this year and to Dr. Rhodes for graciously donating her honorarium so that a copy of Black Brother, Black Brother could be purchased for each 6th grade student.
2020-21 Author Visits
2020-21 Author Visits
Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes
Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes
Dr. Rhodes will meet with 6th Grade students, who have been reading Black Brother, Black Brother as part of their race and fairness unit in Social Studies with Ms. Pritchard.
To learn more about Dr. Rhodes, visit her website here.
Many thanks to the PTO for funding this visit and to Dr. Rhodes for graciously donating her honorarium so that a copy of Black Brother, Black Brother could be purchased for each 6th grade student.
2019-20 Author Visits
2019-20 Author Visits
2019-2020 Author Visits - Cancelled
8th Grade: March 24
This visit is funded by the 2019 Book Fair.
Award winning non-fiction author Ann Bausum will speak about her book Stonewall as part of Mr. Cochin's civil rights unit.
Book order forms due March 11.
K-5: May 19 - Cancelled
This visit is funded by the 2019 Book Fair.
New York Times best selling author/illustrator.
Grades 3-5: October 25
This visit is funded by the BEF Saker Fund.
Book order form available here - due October 11th
2018-19 Author Visits
2018-19 Author Visits
Kwame Alexander & Versify Authors
Kwame Alexander & Versify Authors
L.to r.: Kadir Nelson, Lamar Giles, Kwame Alexander, Kip Wilson, and Raul the Third.
Credit: MXBloom Films
The Versify book launch tour is coming to Driscoll - on a tour bus! Newbery winning (and Driscoll student favorite!) author Kwame Alexander will visit with three authors being published under his new imprint, Versify. "This Houghton Mifflin Harcourt imprint reflects Alexander’s vision that accessible and powerful prose and poetry—in picture books, novels, and nonfiction—can celebrate the lives and reflect the possibilities of all children." -publisher
Kwame Alexander - $18.00
The Newbery Award-winning author of THE CROSSOVER pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree Kadir Nelson. Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes. The text is also peppered with references to the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and others, offering deeper insights into the accomplishments of the past, while bringing stark attention to the endurance and spirit of those surviving and thriving in the present. [Ms. Reid’s note: Booklist’s starred review recommends this book for grades three and up. If families of younger students would like to preview a galley the book, stop by the library before or after school.]
Raul the Third (PK-2) - $15.00
Richard Scarry's BusyTown gets a Mexican-American makeover in the marketplace of a buzzing border town from Pura Belpre Medal-winning illustrator Raul the Third. Bilingual in a new way, this paper over board book teaches readers simple words in Spanish as they experience the bustling life of a border town. Follow Little Lobo and his dog Bernabe as they deliver supplies to a variety of vendors, selling everything from sweets to sombreros, portraits to pinatas, carved masks to comic books!
Lamar Giles (3-5) - $17.00
Otto and Sheed are the local sleuths in their zany Virginia town, masters of unraveling mischief using their unmatched powers of deduction. And as the summer winds down and the first day of school looms, the boys are craving just a little bit more time for fun, even as they bicker over what kind of fun they want to have. That is, until a mysterious man appears with a camera that literally freezes time. Now, with the help of some very strange people and even stranger creatures, Otto and Sheed will have to put aside their differences to save their town--and each other--before time stops for good.
Kip Wilson (6-8) - $18.00
A gorgeous and timely novel based on the incredible story of Sophie Scholl, a young German college student who challenged the Nazi regime during World War II as part of The White Rose, a non-violent resistance group. Disillusioned by the propaganda of Nazi Germany, Sophie Scholl, her brother, and his fellow soldiers formed the White Rose, a group that wrote and distributed anonymous letters criticizing the Nazi regime and calling for action from their fellow German citizens. The following year, Sophie and her brother were arrested for treason and interrogated for information about their collaborators. This debut novel recounts the lives of Sophie and her friends and highlights their brave stand against fascism in Nazi Germany.
Past Author Visits
PK-3 Author Visit: February 13
Oge Mora
New children's book author & illustrator Oge Mora will visit with grades PK-3 on February 13.
A NYT Notable Children’s Book of 2018
A Publishers’ Weekly Best Book of 2018
A School Library Journal Best Book of 2018
A Boston Globe Best Children's Book of 2018
"Mora [is] a major new talent.... Rhythmic, refrainlike...this sweet story of inclusivity, gratitude, and delicious fellowship is also a feast for the eyes." ―Publishers Weekly, starred review
Grades 4-6 Author Visit: February 28
Ammi-Joan Paquette ajpaquette.com
Two Truths and a Lie: It’s Alive!
Driscoll Student Book Award Nominee!
A Junior Library Guild selection
Chicago Public Library's Best Books of 2017
2017 Booklist Editor's Choice list
2017 Booklist's Lasting Connections List
"With 'fake news' now such a prominent topic of conversation, a book that asks readers to separate bizarre but true stories about nature from fake ones is quite timely….An engaging, entertaining compendium that will inform and confound." —Kirkus
Grades 2-5 Author Visit: March 19
Andy Griffiths
http://www.treehousebookseries.com/
1:30-2:15 grades 2-5
Book order form here - due March 7
In this series, author Andy and illustrator Terry live in a treehouse. But it's not just any old treehouse, it's the most amazing treehouse in the world! This treehouse has thirteen stories, a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a secret underground laboratory, and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and automatically shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you are hungry. This hilarious series is a hit with even the most reluctant readers!
2018
On April 25, children’s book author and expert Anita Silvey will speak to the 4th grade about her research for her book Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall. Her visit will give 4th graders an opportunity to see the real world application of the research skills they learn through their explorer’s project.
On May 8, Caldecott Honor winning author/illustrator Melissa Sweet will visit Driscoll for a full day, speaking to students in grades K-5. Driscoll students are in for a treat! Melissa Sweet is a highly sought after speaker and an incredibly talented illustrator. Her presentations for K-3 will focus on her picture books (You Nest Here with Me for K &1, Balloons Over Broadway for grades 2 & 3). Grades 4 and 5 will learn about Driscoll Student Book Award nominee Some Writer! The Story of E. B. White. This is a must read for fans of Charlotte’s Web! If you would like to order a book for Ms. Sweet to sign when she is at Driscoll, please print and fill out the form attached at the bottom of this page and return by Thursday, April 12. Forms will also go home in student folders.
November 2018, Alan Gratz will visit students in grades 6-8. Many sixth graders this year read Refugee, his most recent novel, and middle school students will learn more about him in the fall through their ELA classes. Watch for more details closer to the date!
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