30 years of Authors in April!
I had such a great experience there.
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When I was visiting schools in Rochester, Michigan, for Authors in April, some of the schools asked students to prepare a little skit to introduce me.
Here is one of them:
Student #1: Rachel...Rachel...Rachel! Are you listening to me?
Student #2: Wait, what did you say, Maya? I didn't hear you. I can't stop reading this book. I read the first sentence and it literally pulled me right in.
Student #1: What book are you reading?
Student #2: Really? You don't know what book this is? It's Greetings from Nowhere, only written by the best author ever known. Do you know who that is?
Student #1: Ummm, I don't know. Is it Cynthia Rylant?
Student #2: No, silly! It's Barbara O'Connor.
Student #1: Do you mean the Barbara O'Connor who wrote my favorite book, The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester?
Student #2: Yep. That's correct.
Student #1: You know she's here right now, don't you, Rachel?
Student #2: Really? You have to be kidding. Barbara O'Connor lives in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
Student #1: Well, turn around.
Student #2: Am I hallucinating or is it really Barbara O'Connor?
Student #1: It's her Rachel!
Both students: Now, introducing the fantastic author of all these books, Barbara O'Connor
[Note: The students had read on my website that my favorite author is Cynthia Rylant. hahaha]
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By: Barbara O'Connor,
on 5/28/2012
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I love these bookmarks that were the winners of a contest at Hamlin Elementary School in Rochester, MI
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| Reading Leads to Small Adventures by Jaden Sun |
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| Dogs Read, Too! by Ashley Adiwidjaja (I like "How to Steal a Bone" and "How to Get Jerky") |
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By: Barbara O'Connor,
on 5/3/2012
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Baldwin Elementary
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| Motels for Greetings from Nowhere |
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| Don't be Fickle; Stay at the Pickle! (Thank you, Isabelle) |
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| I think I've stayed here before. |
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| Fourth graders designed submarines |
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By: Barbara O'Connor,
on 5/2/2012
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By: Barbara O'Connor,
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Meadow Brook Elementary
McGregor Elementary
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Brilliant intro!