Yes, that's me, in both pictures. The one to the right was drawn by a first grader after a visit to his school. I'd say he did a pretty good job, wouldn't you? The one below is also me, albeit a bit staged. Both capture the artistic flair that I bring to all of my author and storytelling programs.
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Conference Presentations This Spring
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I'll be giving two presentations at conferences this spring. At the end of March I'll be in Springfield, IL for the annual Illinois Reading Council conference. My presentation is entitled "Here's What We Did! My Books in Your Classroom." For this presentation I'll be looking at a wide range of materials I've collected from teachers who have used my books in their classroom. The session will be on Thursday, March 18 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Location tba.
The International Reading Association's national convention will be in Chicago this April. I'll be on the program talking about my books and how I see my writing through the 6+1 Trait writing lens. I've been thinking about 6+1 Trait writing for a while, incorporating its language into my upper elementary and middle school presentations. My presentation will be on Tuesday, April 27 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. Location tba.
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How We Are Smart in Paperback
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| Another bit of good news is that starting this fall you'll be able to buy How We Are Smart in a paperback edition. The best-selling and award-winning book (which won a Christopher Award in 2007) has been a real hit in the upper elementary and middle school grades. It's a great introduction to poetry, biography, and to Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences.
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Lee and Low Books has updated their website. Now, not only will you find my Lee and Low books (and classroom activities based on them), but you'll be able to order my books directly from their website. There's lots of reasons to use the Lee and Low website. You can securely buy books using any major credit card or school purchase order, receive web-only discounts, get free shipping, and win occasional giveaways.
Their Bookshelf allows you to store books that you are interested in without placing them in your shopping cart. Their advance search capabilities allow you to search for books by title, author, illustrator, ISBN, and subject matter. Sounds like an advertisement? Well, it is of sorts, because I have six titles with Lee and Low, many of them my best-selling books. So, go to leeandlow.com and start looking for the following titles...
Bein' With You This Way (1994), available in hardcover and paperback in both English and Spanish. America: My Land, Your Land, Our Land (1997), available in hardcover, and as a dual-language board book under the name America: A Book of Opposites. Can You Top That? (2000), available as a BeBop classroom pack book. Summer Sun Risin' (2002), available in hardcover and paperback in English and Spanish and as a BeBop classroom pack book. My Teacher Can Teach...Anyone! (2004), available in English in hardcover and as a high quality paperback. How We Are Smart (2006), available in English in hardcover and soon high quality paperback.
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