Author Visit Sewickley Area Libraries will welcome Jon Agee to our libraries in March 2012.
Author and illustrator of many picture books such as, The Retired Kid, Nothing, and, Terrific, he also appeals to older children with his wordplay books such as, Who Ordered the Jumbo Shrimp? and Other Oxymorons and So Many Dynamos! and Other Palindromes.
Preliminary plans call for him to visit elementary and middle school libraries with events planned for The Penguin Bookshop and Sewickley Public Library.
See his very entertaining website at www.jonagee.com.
February 2011
March 2011
April 2011
Battle of the Books Winners
ELEMENTARY Grade 4 April 6, 2011 @ Edgeworth Elementary
1st Place:
2nd Place:
"Knowledge Unlimited"
"Angry Birds"
Grade 5
April 7, 2011 @ Edgeworth Elementary
1st Place:
2nd Place:
“Team Riptide II”
"Series Suckers"
MIDDLE SCHOOL Grade 6
February 28, 2011 @ Edgeworth Elementary
1st Place:
2nd Place:
3rd Place:
"The Newbery Readers"
"The Nerds"
"The Bookinators"
Grades 7 and 8
March 1, 2011 @ Sewickley Academy; Hansen Library
1st Place:
2nd Place:
3rd Place:
"Bob the Beaver"
"Reading Dragons V"
"Reading Dragon Slayers I"
HIGH SCHOOL
March 7, 2011 @ Sewickley Academy; Hansen Library
1st Place:
2nd Place:
3rd Place:
"Nerds with Words"
"Knights Who Say Ni"
"Feather Followers"
October 2008
Author Visit
Halloween week in the Quaker Valley School District was especially busy for students who were treated to a visit by author, Gordon Korman. “Born to Rock,” “Son of the Mob,” and “Swindle,” are among many other titles he has written for upper elementary and middle school students.
He appeared in every school in the area sharing insights into his most widely read books and anecdotes about the provenance of his ideas. Additional appearances at the Penguin Bookshop and Sewickley Public Library offered an opportunity for home-schooled students and parents to meet with the author and have books signed.
The event was sponsored by Sewickley-Area-Libraries with a generous grant from the the Child Health Association of Sewickley (www.childhealthassociation.org)
For more information on Gordon Korman,
visit his website: http://gordonkorman.com/
October
2006
Illustrator Visit ...Peter
Catalanotto, acclaimed
illustrator of Mr. Mumble, Matthew A. B. C., and other books for children,
visited area elementary schools the week of October 23, 2006. He also
presented an evening program which was open to the public at Sewickley
Public Library.
...For
more information about Peter Catalanotto
visit: http://visitingauthors.com/authors/catalanotto_peter/catalanotto_peter_bio.html
November
2004
Writer & Game
Designer Visit
David Lubar gives middle school students an opportunity
to
share their writings with the audience.
Autographing books for Sewickley Academy Middle
School readers.
xxDavid
Lubar, author of Hidden Talents,
Monster Road, and other books for kids and young adults, visited
member libraries on November 2, 3, 4, 2004. xxFor
more information about David Lubar visit his website at http://www.davidlubar.com
Working with high school writing students and giving
them tips
on improving their skills on the new SAT.
April
2002
Author
Visit ....William
Sleator, author of Interstellar
Pig and many other science fiction and mystery books for young adults,
visited Sewickley area schools from April 23-25.
September
2000
SAL Honored for Being QV's Fine Friend ....At its September 26 meeting the Quaker Valley Board
of School Directors bestowed the title "Friends of Quaker Valley"
on Members of the Sewickley Area Libraries (SAL).
Certificates were presented to librarians from each member library
at the board meeting. From left to right: Rita Crawford, Dianne Latulippe,
Karen Matsey, Margaret Marshall, Carolyn Toth-Taylor, Richard Hollein,
Faith Bitterolf, Jill Clark, Idamae Tabit, Pat Szuba, Mim Bizic and
Susan Brutout.
April
2000
Before TV----There
was Storytelling ....All area students were inspired to tell or listen
to stories during the week of April 24 which was National TV-Turnoff
Week sponsored by TV-Free America.
QV students share a story... (Photo courtesy The Sewickley
Herald)
October
1999
Jim Trelease Inspires
Teachers and Parents to Read Aloud ....Jim Trelease, nationally known speaker and author
of The Read-Aloud Handbook, was the main attraction at a community wide
teacher in-service.
Author's
Retrospective
SAL has sponsored
visits and talks by the following authors:
Author Visit
