We recently hosted author and illustrator Shanda McCloskey! I have been talking to Shanda for a few years about coming to our school, and we finally made it happen this year. Shanda lives in our county and went to high school with some of our teachers.
Shanda is the author and illustrator of Doll-E 1.0 and T-Bone the Drone. She also illustrated Bedtime Ballet, Little Red and the Big Bad Editor, and Nubby. Shanda and her husband created a website called Author Visit Central to help schools with book sales for author visits. We offered book sales through this site, so all I had to do was promote book sales! Shanda provided a flyer and a link to purchase books. When she arrived, all the books were already signed and organized by grade level to make it easier for me to deliver them to students.
Shanda's website contains thorough descriptions of all her programs. We selected Rad Robots for kindergarten through second grade and Be a Big Rad Editor for third through fifth grade. Both programs were engaging and fun! At the end, Shanda led a drawing lesson for students. One of the most memorable moments from the day was when a fifth grader stayed behind after his class's session.
