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(Write With Images:
Learn how a cartoonist uses drawings, panel size, and crazy sound effects to immerse their readers in the story! Cartoonist Jerzy Drozd will lead you in an interactive discussion on some of the fundamental comics storytelling principles, after which you'll be invited to create a short comics story of your own!)
Audience: Middle School
(Author Nancy Roe Pimm will discuss many different types of nonfiction writing and how she brainstorms for topics and ideas. The students will learn how to research, establish a hook, and organize data. They will also discover how to make their own stories come alive with heart and voice. In closing, the author focuses on the revision process and shares how she tightens and polishes a work of narrative nonfiction.)
Audience: Elementary & Middle School
Audience: Elementary
Signed and personalized copies of Tricia's books are available from www.macsbacks.com as well as from Amazon and other book sites.
(Mackall will be presenting to teachers through the Educators' Conference on November 12th. See the Educators' Conference link for more details.)
Audience: Elementary & Middle School
Tri-County Educational Service Center is a public education organization supporting school districts in Wayne, Holmes, and Ashland Counties. Among many other supports, Tri-County ESC provides student engagement and learning opportunities. This year's Young Authors' Conference will mark the 50th such anniversary for this student event. For more information about TCESC, click here.
Buckeye Authors’ Book Fair Committee Inc. was created as a nonprofit entity in 1987 in Wooster, Ohio. The organization works exclusively with Ohio authors and illustrators to support literacy projects, including an annual book fair, author lectures, and teacher and student workshops. The annual “Buckeye Book Fair” event is one of Ohio’s premier book fairs and has become the organization’s DBA. Buckeye Book Fair serves thousands of Ohio readers, writers, teachers, students, and families who participate in our programs each year. For more information about BBF, click here.