Author Visits
Newbery Honor Author
Gary Schmidt
@ BCS
Monday, April 23, 2012
8:30am
Brought to you by the
Birmingham Education Foundation
Thank you, Mr. Schmidt! Students, please complete this evaluation to give us feedback about the author visit experience:
http://bitgsquad.ning.com/page/bef-gary-schmidt-reflection
Students are encouraged to purchase their books from the BEF Amazon link prior to the author visit. Gary Schmidt will be autographing books after his presentation. No books will be sold at BCS. Go to http://supportbef.org.
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http://bc01bps.edu.glogster.com/meet-2011-2012-bef-author-gary-schmidt/
Schmidt, a Michigan resident, is a two-time Newberry Honor winner, a 2011 National Book Festival finalist, and is currently an English professor at Calvin College in Grand Rapids. Schmidt has authored “Okay for Now,” “Wednesday Wars,” “Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy,” “Trouble,” “First Boy,” and others. During his time with BPS students, he will combine stories and the writing process for middle and high school students.
Community Program
Schmidt will also present “The Role of the Writer for Today’s Young Readers” at the Baldwin Public Library on Tuesday, April 24, from 7-8 p.m. It will be a time of stories. Students will get an inside look at how stories do what they do: how they entertain and what they mean. Parents and students are invited to this program and reception. Free raffle tickets will be available at the door for a chance to win an autographed copy of a Schmidt book and a photo with the author. Books will be for sale by Book Beat. Program is appropriate for 4th-12th graders and parents. Schmidt’s books “Wednesday Wars,” “Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy,”are former high-end read Battle Books.
Past author visits: