Terrific connections with authors, illustrators, and storytellers: real space and virtual links

By Toni Buzzeo, Jane Kurtz

Published by Libraries Unlimited, 1999

ISBN 1563087448, 9781563087448

185 pages

Successful visits in real space and in cyberspace
are described, giving you specific ideas of the many
ways to create meaningful links between bookpeople
and students. Choosing the right guest, guidelines
for successful visits, making curriculum connections,
contacting bookpeople via e-mail, live chats in virtual space,
taking advantage of ITB and satellite technology, and using
such props as realia and curriculum guides are
some of the topics covered.

Key terms

bookpeople, Deborah Morris, Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Bizzy Bones, Melissa Sweet, Haemi Balgassi, Jane Yolen, Karleen Bradford, Deborah Hopkinson, Jackie French Koller, Lead Belly, Bruce Coville, Ethiopia, Ben Mikaelsen, Robin Moore, Dragonling, Storyteller, Snail mail, Longfellow School, Snowflake Bentley