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school, library, or parent night?<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I have had these authors visit my school and they were
wonderful to work with!<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Nancy Cavanaugh</b> -
<i>Elsie Mae Has Something to Say </i>is her
newest middle grade novel.<span> </span>Travel to the
Okefenokee Swamp and learn about the culture of the “swampers” and their way of
life.<span> </span>If you visit Brookfield Zoo this
summer, you can see a display on the Okefenokee Swamp in the “Swamp” house and
walk through a swamp setting that mimics Cavanaugh’s setting in her book.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Alice B. McGinty</b>
- Has written over 43 books!<span> </span><i>Gandhi: A March to the Sea</i> was on the
2017 Illinois Reads list.<span> </span>She has 5 new
books coming out!<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Alice also runs a summer writing camp for teens:<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Janet Nolan</b> - <i>Seven and a Half Tons of Steel </i>follows
the journey of a beam from the World Trade Center and how it was transformed
into the bow of the navy ship, the USS New York.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Her book, <i>Firehouse
Light</i>, is a chronological journey through time that follows a fire station lightbulb
that is still lit!<span> </span>It is called the
Centennial Light: <a href="http://www.centennialbulb.org/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">http://www.centennialbulb.org/</a><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Andrea Beaty</b> - Her
STEAM books about Miss Lila Greer’s students are known world-wide!<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.andreabeaty.com/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">https://www.andreabeaty.com/</a><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you have any questions about these authors, you can
contact me:<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Diane Nelson<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">District Teacher Librarian<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Darien School District #61<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:dnelson@darien61.org">dnelson@darien61.org</a><span></span></p>
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