[ISLMA-Share] Authors Nov. 2

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Kelli,

I don’t know if you have found any authors for your Family Literacy Night yet but, if not, you might want to try the authors that are on the IL READS list for this year. IL READS is a program of the Illinois Reading Council.

The authors are usually pretty available to make presentations and are all from Illinois. For those who now live outside of Illinois, the authors may be willing to make a trip home to visit family and/or Skype visits are always an option. The 2017 authors and their selected books are:

K - 2

·        Alice McGinty<http://www.illinoisauthors.org/authors/Alice_B._McGinty> – Gandhi: A March to the Sea (Alice lives in Urbana.)

·        Patrick McBriarty<http://www.illinoisauthors.org/authors/Patrick_T._McBriarty> – Drawbridges Open and Close ( Patrick lives in the Chicago area.)

·        Lisa Maggiore<http://www.illinoisauthors.org/authors/Lisa_Maggiore> – Ava the Monster Slayer (Lisa lives in the northwest Chicago area.)

·        Andrea Beaty<http://www.illinoisauthors.org/authors/Andrea_Beaty> – Ada Twist Scientist (Andrea lives in Naperville.)

·        Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld<http://www.illinoisauthors.org/authors/Tom_Lichtenheld> – I Wish You More (Amy has passed away but Tom lives in Geneva.)

·        Suzanne Slade<http://www.illinoisauthors.org/authors/Suzanne_Slade> – The Inventor’s Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford (Suzanne lives in Libertyville.)

Grades 3 – 5

·        Eric Kahn Gale<http://www.illinoisauthors.org/authors/Eric_Kahn_Gale> – Zoo at the Edge of the World (Eric lives in the Chicago area.)

·        Janet Nolan<http://www.illinoisauthors.org/authors/Janet_Nolan> – Seven and a Half Tons of Steel (Janet lives in Oak Park.)

·        Art Baltazar<http://www.illinoisauthors.org/authors/Art_Baltazar> – Tiny Titans Series (Art lives in the Chicago area.)

·        Josh Elder<http://www.illinoisauthors.org/authors/Joshua_Elder> – Reading with Pictures: Comics That Make Kids Smarter (Josh now lives in California but lived in Carmi and the Chicago area. He will do Skype visits.)

·        Kate Hannigan<http://www.illinoisauthors.org/authors/Kate_Hannigan_Issa> – Cup Cake Cousins Books 1 & 2 (Kate lives in the Chicago area.)

·        Nancy J. Cavanaugh<http://www.illinoisauthors.org/authors/Nancy_J._Cavanaugh> – This Journal Belongs to Ratchet (Nancy now lives in Florida but grew up in the Chicago area.)

To see IL READS authors from previous years, visit the Illinois Reads website<http://www.illinoisreads.org/>.

I hope this is helpful –

Bonnie Matheis
Coordinator, Illinois Center for the Book

Illinois Center for the Book
Illinois State Library
Gwendolyn Brooks Building
300 South Second Street
Springfield, Illinois 62701

Office: 217-558-2065
Fax: 217-782-1877

bmatheis at ilsos.net

Jesse White, Secretary of State and State Librarian

http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/center_for_the_book<http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/center_for_the_book/home.html>

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Subject: [ISLMA-Share] Authors Nov. 2

Hello!
We are having our literacy night on November 2nd and they are having trouble getting an author to speak. Is anyone hosting an author that week we could share? Or have some names we can try. Thanks in advance. You can email me at ksimpson at sd60c.org<mailto:ksimpson at sd60c.org>.

Thanks!

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Kelli Simpson
Media Specialist
ksimpson at sd60c.org<mailto:ksimpson at sd60c.org>
815-416-1724
Saratoga School
4040 N. Division St
Morris, IL 60450

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