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Posts Tagged ‘South Carolina’

Vultures and Books Rule at Pleasant Hill

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Who wouldn’t love books at this school in Lexington, SC? Librarian D’Etta Broam is a book dynamo. Yes, she really did meet me in this vulture hat to honor Vulture View. Of course, there was that on camera interview I did with their local vulture puppet, “Bill,” who rather likes the word REEK! (more…)

A Great Place to Read in Belton, SC

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Who wouldn’t want to read in this great library nook created by Kate Byrd at Belton Elementary School? I had a terrific week of visits to this area of South Carolina. At Belton Elementary, I had lunch with lots of aspiring (more…)

South Carolina Inspiration

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

My high school teacher, Lynn Kobelt, is still inspiring young writers in South Carolina. Here is the creative writing book she prepared with middle school students in Greenville.

She hasn’t aged and I haven’t been to high school in…uh…a while!

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April Sayre

April Pulley Sayre is an award-winning children’s book author of over 55 natural history books for children and adults. Her read-aloud nonfiction books, known for their lyricism and scientific precision, have been translated into French, Dutch, Japanese, and Korean. She is best known for pioneering literary ways to immerse young readers in natural events via creative storytelling and unusual perspectives.

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