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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Monday, July 2, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
Winning Bookmarks
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") |
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Authors in April: Day 5
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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| Designed by one of my greeters |
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| Another one of my greeters drew this. |
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| And another greeter drew this one. |
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| (left to right) Davon, Megan, Isabelle, me, Jakson (front), Bennett, and library media specialist, Mr. Morris (back) |
University Hills Elementary
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| The fifth graders designed hotels |
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| The fourth graders made great frogs! (The pics turned out too dark to see but I looked at every one of them. Thank you, 4th graders!) |
Hampton Elementary
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| Amazing little boats with great questions tucked inside |
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| Submarines |
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| (left to right) Media specialist Jennifer Bachman, me, Terry Hetrick, Amy Schuster |
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| My wonderful driver for the day (left) Lisa Wattai |
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Authors in April: Day 4
Meadow Brook Elementary
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| The students designed postcards for Greetings from Nowhere. |
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| Greetings from the Detroit Zoo! |
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| Greetings from Colorado! |
McGregor Elementary
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| Yoohoo boats! |
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| Lost dog signs |
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| The students made amazing dioramas! |
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| A motel with a swimming pool. |
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| The Lights, Camera, Action Club: Ryan, Oscar and Hannah |
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| Here I am with Robert, Julian and Kylee |
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| Here I am with Amber and Mahima. |
Holy Family
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| A submarine diorama for The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester |
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| A How to Steal a Dog diorama |
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| Students with their projects |
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| Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia diorama |
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| The students designed their own book jackets and wrote flap copy. |
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| I got reviewed in the New York Times! |
Our last dinner together
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| (left to right) Shelley Pearsall, Mary Casanova, Maryann Cocca-Leffler, me |
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Authors in April: Day 3
Musson Elementary
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| The students had the answers! |
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| Bookmarks |
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| The students designed hotels. |
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| A door decorated for The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis. Check out the Yoohoo boats. |
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| The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester door |
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| Greetings from Mr. Peterson's Class |
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| Greetings from Musson |
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| Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia |
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| This is Hopper, a real frog! |
Delta Kelly Elementary
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| The students designed their own motels and hotels. |
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| My greeter, Maddy, drew this underwater Hotel of Atlantis. |
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| My other greeter, Lainey, drew this submarine. |
Hugger Elementary
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| What a lovely greeting! Thank you, Lauren, Chloe and Charlotte. |
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| Posters for How to Steal a Dog |
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| Posters for Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia |
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| The students made great posters with story elements, like characters and plot. |
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