Author Visit

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 Welcome to my blog entry on how to motivate young children to read through Author visits!

I am very excited about this blog entry because I just found out that Crystal Bowman, a  best-selling children's author from West Palm Beach, will be visiting our school on February 24th. 

I was so excited when I heard the news that I immediately went to our school library and checked out 2 of her books (I wanted to grab all of them,but I thought that would be selfish of me).  Then, I told my students the exciting news! They were so happy to hear about her upcoming visit that they asked me if she were coming today (first graders have no real concept of time :)) so, I explained once again, that she wasn't coming until the 24th, and we could count down the days on the classroom calendar. 
However, in preparation for her visit, I read 2 of her books to my class.
  

First, I read Mommy, May I Hug the Fish. 

    Then, I read Otter and Owl Set Sail 

from the Otter and Owl 

I Can Read Series.

Crystal Bowman loves to write books and poetry. She also writes articles for magazines and songs for piano lesson books. My students will be reading more Crystal Bowman books  before her visit, then they will write Mrs. Bowman a letter letting her know how much they enjoy reading her books! 
I look forward to blogging about her visit in a couple of weeks (I'll post pictures too), but in the mean time read more about Crystal Bowman on her website.
So, between now and next time...Ya'll come back you hear!