[ISLMA-Share] Author Visit by Gene Luen Yang

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I am in River Forest, IL. I am interested in partnering with anyone near
me, if they are also interested, in bringing Mr. Yuen to your library. I am
in a 450 student high school. I'd have him part of the day, you would have
him another part.

Thank you,
Lori

On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 8:33 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I got a quote from him about 2 weeks ago that he cost $10,000.
> I wonder if he raised it recently?
>
>
>
> Mariela Siegert
> Adjunct Faculty, SOIS at Dominican University
> AISLE Board Member
> ​
> School Librarian
> ​,
> Westfield Middle School
> ​ in Bloomingdale, IL​
> marris116 at gmail.com
> @marris116
> Instagram:  msiegert_WFMS_Library
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> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 2:56 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> His speaking fee was $7500 for the day plus travel and hotel. He worked
>> from 8:30 am-9 pm with no break. He had a lunch with ISU faculty and dinner
>> with HS English teachers. He spoke three times and signed books three
>> times. The public library hosted a Reading Without Borders Challenge. The
>> public library's foundation paid $3000, the ISU English dept wrote a grant
>> for $3000, our Freshmen Program paid $3000 and I fundraised $1000. That's
>> how we made it happen.
>>
>>
>> G
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>> How much?
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 10:31 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>> All,
>>
>>
>> Earlier this month, our school hosted Gene Luen Yang, author of *American
>> Born Chinese *and the *Secret Coder *series.  He was amazing--funny,
>> accessible, informative. He was one of the most giving and humble human
>> beings I've ever met. I saw him give three different presentations to three
>> totally different audiences in one day while being engaging and kind at
>> every turn. He was tireless in his promotion of representation, comics in
>> education and creativity. His story is one of perseverance and hard work.
>> His work resonates with our students and is part of our Freshman English
>> curriculum. He spoke, answered questions and thanked each student for
>> reading his work as he individualized their books.
>>
>>
>> Presenters like Gene are not cheap. I built a partnership with our public
>> library and the College of English at ISU in order to bring him to our
>> campus. It took us 18 months to write the grants and find a date that
>> worked for all three groups and Gene. Planning and executing his visit was
>> a lot of work, but his agent was great to work with and the event was WORTH
>> EVERY PENNY!
>>
>>
>> If you are looking for an author or planning a larger event, I
>> whole-heartedly recommend you consider Gene Luen Yang. (You will not be
>> disappointed.)
>>
>>
>> Gretchen Zaitzeff
>> Librarian
>> University High School
>> Normal, IL
>>
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