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Make This Year the Year of the Author Visit
Every student deserves to experience an author visit. It doesn’t matter if they attend a rural Title I school in York County, Nebraska or an elite prep school on the Upper West Side of New York City, every student should have the opportunity to experience an author...
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Phil Bildner: Half a Life, Half My Life
The First State of Being A few months ago, I read Erin Entrada Kelly’s brilliant middle grade novel, The First State of Being. There’s a scene in the middle of the book where Mr. Mosley is sharing words of wisdom with Michael, words of wisdom Mr. Mosley’s mother had...
Meg Medina: I’m Going WHERE?
One of the surprising gifts of author travel is that you get to experience cities that you might never have chosen as a destination in your personal life. It’s almost always a wonderful surprise. I’ve been lucky enough to visit splashy places like New York City, Los...
Vera Brosgol: Looking in Alaska
For the next three weeks, author Vera Brosgol (Be Prepared, Anya’s Ghost, Memory Jars, and the Caldecott Honor-winning Leave Me Alone) will be in Alaska. She’ll be doing an art residency aboard a research vessel in the Aleutian Islands and documenting all that she...
The Author Village Celebrates Five Years!
Can you believe it? This week officially marks the five-year anniversary of The Author Village. It’s been an eventful five years (literally, and also, to say the least). And so to celebrate this milestone, we checked in with author and founder of The Author Village,...
Meet Michele Weisman, The Founder of Meet the Writers!
Meet Michele Weisman, The Founder of Meet the Writers!Written by Alley Horn for The Author Village In 2015, Michele Weisman launched a pilot literacy program that brought three visiting authors into one Title 1 New York City middle school. Seven years later, Meet the...
One School, One Book: One Unforgettable Community Experience
One School, One Book One Unforgettable Community ExperienceImagine this: Every student, teacher, parent, caregiver, bus driver, custodian, administrator, and member of your school community agrees to read the same book at the same time. The book inspires projects that...
Author Visits with the Andover Public Schools – This is How It’s Done!
Author Visits with the Andover Public Schools This is How It’s Done! Written by Alley Horn for The Author Village The Author Village is so fortunate to work with hundreds of school districts across the country (and world) to bring authors into classrooms. This past...
Five More Authors Join The Author Village!
It’s time to share some fantastic news! The Author Village is thrilled to welcome five more extraordinary book creators to our collective. All are available for virtual and in-person (when they return) school visits, library events, conferences, and festivals. Each...
A Fireside Chat: School in 2020, What’s Working and What’s Not
School in 2020: What’s Working and What’s Not
Fine Tuning While Teaching in Three Different School Models
Three expert educators — Sara Ahmed, Chad Everett, and Pernille Ripp — are currently teaching in three different school re-entry models: in-person, hybrid/concurrent, and fully remote. Join them as they share real talk about teaching in this challenging moment in time.
Webinar: Supporting Joyful Reading During a Pandemic – Sustaining Communities
The fourth and final session of this series of fun, interactive workshops focused on how to create and sustain reading joy during these unusual times. Session features an appearance by author/illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi.
Webinar: Redefining Back-to-School Basics, Vol II: Working With What We Have Now
Learn to surf the change, sidestep the fatigue, and give kids what they need, working with the tools we already within the current paradigm.
Webinar: Supporting Joyful Reading During a Pandemic – Encouraging Choice
Join Donalyn Miller and Jennifer LaGarde for the third interactive workshop focused on how to create and sustain reading joy during these unusual times. Session features surprise guest author, Torrey Maldonado.
Webinar: Supporting Joyful Reading During a Pandemic – Accessing the World
Watch the replay! This session includes strategies, resources, and book recommendations for connecting readers with stories, information, and one another. Plus, a surprise visit from Brandy Colbert, award-winning author of several books for children and teens, including The Voting Booth, The Only Black Girls in Town, The Revolution of Birdie Randolph, and Stonewall Book Award winner Little & Lion.
Webinar: Supporting Joyful Reading During a Pandemic – Reclaiming Your Time
Watch the replay! This session includes strategies, resources, and book recommendations for feeding kids’ reading momentum and interest, while maximizing reading time–yours and theirs. Session features a surprise visit from award-winning author/illustrator, Mike Curato!
Webinar: Redefining Back-to-School Basics
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Webinar: Languages and Literacies – Supporting and Empowering Multilingual Learners
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Eight Educators Join The Author Village!
Now more than ever, teachers and educators need our support. They need tools, guidance, and resources so that they're able to learn and grow as professionals, and so that they're able to help expand the minds and enrich the lives of their students in this constantly...
Webinar: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
Watch the replay! Erin Entrada Kelly and Ronald L. Smith, In Conversation. How scary is too scary? Do kids need scares in a sometimes already scary world? How do writers handle frightening scenes for kids? Don’t miss this eye-opening (and perhaps bone-chilling) discusion from masters of this craft. Newbery Award-winning author Erin Entrada Kelly (Hello, Universe) and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Ronald L. Smith (Hoodoo) will share their secrets on how they approach writing scary scenes for young readers and take your questions. It’s sure to be a frightfully good time.
Webinar: The Disconnect – Girls Sharing Their Truths
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Webinar: Fighting the Good Fight
Watch the replay! Get ready for one powerful conservation! Bestselling and award-winning authors Samira Ahmed and Brendan Kiely discuss how young adults empower themselves as they confront systemic -isms (such as racism, sexism, and bigotry) and the impact on teens when they are held accountable for the unjust decisions made by adults.
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