Author Victoria Forrester came and talked with our 4-6th grade classes about her books The Girl Who Could Fly and The Boy Who Knew Everything.
It was an exciting visit. Ms. Forrester talked with us about the writing process and the publishing process. She showed us some of the movies she wrote before her novel.
We love meeting real authors at Brimhall. What an inspiration for our students.
This week, author and illustrator Salina Yoon visited our kindergarten, first and second graders. She talked with our students about how she creates stories. She told us that when she was a girl, she moved to America from Korea and did not speak English. After working really hard-- she followed her dream to write stories and make illustrations for books. She has written over 150 books! We even got to see how she makes pictures of penguin. Some of our students got to help her too!
When I found out that Newbery Award winning author Katherine Applegate was going to visit our school, I was overwhelmed with emotion. She is one of my favorite authors and writes such beautiful books. Wow! What an honor.
And, what a great day it was! Applegate talked with us about her process and doing research to get into the character of Ivan. She showed us lots of information about Gorillas and the real Ivan. She also talked with us about finding books we love to read and writing. She answered a lot of our questions too. We all loved her presentation.
Ms. Applegate was gracious and a lot of fun to talk with. She also signed a lot of books! Kids at Brimhall love Ivan!
Here are a few videos about Ivan the Gorilla--there are even more online!
This week, author and illustrator Salina Yoon visited our kindergarten, first and second graders. She talked with our students about how she creates stories. She told us that when she was a girl, she moved to America from Korea and did not speak English. After working really hard-- she followed her dream to write stories and make illustrations for books. She has written over 150 books! We even got to see how she makes pictures of penguin. Some of our students got to help her too!
When I found out that Newbery Award winning author Katherine Applegate was going to visit our school, I was overwhelmed with emotion. She is one of my favorite authors and writes such beautiful books. Wow! What an honor.
