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When Authors Visit Schools
By Bests | April 14, 2008
School librarians, media specialists, teachers, & administrators are genuinely excited when authors visit & talk to their students. Authors should be equally excited. This isn’t about sitting in a rocking chair & simply reading your books. These school talks are great ways to discuss your book’s message, the process of writing books, & to underscore the joy of reading. Authors can help reinforce the school’s curriculum & the teachers’ efforts.
Paul M. Howey, the author of Freckles: The Mystery of the Little White Dog in the Desert, a book for ages 5-11, has been talking to elementary school students throughout Arizona. A library media specialist in one school he visited commented, “Mr. Howey shares with students that inspirations for writing can come to them any time and any place. Any school looking for a quality author visit should consider inviting him.” Endorsements like that are priceless.
To be enthusiastically embraced by the schools, it helps if your book’s message is one of universally accepted importance. A principal of another school Paul M. Howey visited said of his talk, “The presentation was outstanding! His focus on caring, perseverance, and the important life skills in the book were a perfect tie-in with our work with students.”
Think back & recall those special occasions that influenced positively your life. Authors visiting schools have the opportunity to affect the students’ lives with every presentation. You may never know just how important!
One of the great side benefits of doing school talks is that authors frequently receive packages of letters & drawings from the children. Jekisha, a first grader, wrote to an author after a school talk: “Your book was great. And when I grow up, I want to be a writer just like you. Thank you for coming!”
Life doesn’t get any better than that.
This guest editorial was provided by Linda F. Radke, President of http://www.SchoolBookings.com a service that brings authors and schools together. Sometimes, the hardest thing in book promotion is getting out of the starting gate.
Schoolbookings.com helps authors hurdle the initial stumbling blocks of getting started with their school talks.
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