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Author and Illustrator Appearances
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We have several authors and illustrators who enjoy meeting and speaking
with readers about their work, and about reading and writing.
If you are interested in inviting an author/illustrator to visit your
community in person, or via Skype please contact McBookwords.
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Sharron McElmeel
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Sharron
McElmeel is a veteran educator with experience as a classroom teacher,
elementary and secondary library media specialist, conference speaker,
and a college instructor.
Currently McElmeel is the director of McBookwords, an author, and an
instructor of Children's and Young Adult Literature at the University
of Wisconsin-Stout. She is a noted literacy consultant and
columnist. In the past decades she has been designated as Iowa
Reading Teacher of the Year and later received the Iowa Reading
Association's State Literacy Award in recognition of her lifelong
efforts to build literacy and literature appreciation in the community.
She has also been named in the Innovative Teaching Newsletter as one of
the top 10 online educators of 2004. Her columns appear regularly
in Library Sparks.
McElmeel's first book, An Author a Month (for Pennies)
defined the "author study" resource book which was quickly emulated by
other publishers. Her more than 30 titles for educators
focusing on the creators of books for young readers (preS-YA) and on
literature and reading have become staples in professional
libraries. Her most recent title is Picture That! From Mendel to Normandy: Picture Books and Ideas, Curriculum and Connections—for 'T'weens and Teens.
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and her husband live on an acreage that clings to the edge of a small
rural community in northeast Iowa, where they enjoy visits from their
four sons and two daughters and a dozen or so grandchildren. Guests
who stay over in the Beatrix Potter room are invited to sign the guest
book; and children of all ages are encouraged to explore the more than
50 book shelves filled with favorite and recent titles.
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Sharron McElmeel has authored more
than 35 titles and her books continue to be innovative resources for
educators who wish to integrate literature into the core standards, and
into every corner of the curriculum.
For complete information about current and backlist titles visit her writing page on the web.
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