…“just fine kids.” Not officially, but that’s how it seemed to me when I visited the West Babylon, New York, school on 5/14/10.
The school went full-tilt in terms of author visit prep. They may have set a school visit record for most presold books by yours truly. Here's a partial view:
The kids not only read some of them in advance, but also created often-elaborate and always-touching works of art about them.
Based on Little Lightning (a novel about gnomes who develop the ability to control lightning):![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrxOGKtYfEBtjRNyYx4SDt-pTYhzPMG6WyoLm-wFYCXhs4smtoJ3cOoLCx2sSniI7eQKdnq88IG42RuLtkA91tuRwktpDQWByt9Fia87D7r2zXjqS4YPruiF-YPfqkFXFS6lqhB_0028C/s400/JFK+Elementary,+West+Babylon,+NY+009.jpg)
I love this panorama; those butterflies play a crucial role in the plot:
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Another class went in a different direction after reading
Little Lightning:
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQRTdnGQEaUsYHft_U6TruBxuDOwLtHS1EVKzbuuVl5uUShruoSpeSYUGh_aAACE3YoG1QezSNXMluSGRbY4yn3sWje_dkxxvb_OnbsmwixEDqZ4vPott8mRQTYRowJBWG5S8x2_uPg28h/s400/JFK+Elementary,+West+Babylon,+NY+003.jpg)
(Jillbell is one of the gnomes in the book.)
Inspired by
Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD001pkBCB_l8_JMvccu48ARjMvpNiSCDLv6joQJVVL_BlyDroV0Lvuuk3Z-upF4hixFhbdSmNLsHxvQPI30UTQ19Z2ZluVzALVKiEZ8Kp3TOvhZ0k2tLaC64WAWm3BqDNCxN5e85CUTCO/s400/JFK+Elementary,+West+Babylon,+NY+007.jpg)
Based on
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZXTAQl6SMUt69zjj244edR-TArdHqudheVbq8_B6e0QQse-yRqy4sue1JHGUUfv8GCJULveqUikwoiN-sn0ZQ5m5M0LfmdxSrB-VWjtQItqJF8AkifEfmpmohKiFa249Ze1D2KvmOr4NA/s400/JFK+Elementary,+West+Babylon,+NY+006.jpg)
Inspired by
Vocabulary Cartoon of the Day:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9lboiYNcrTwDKZxiretvC-OvAsSoPmnSffwdbCxFL_xeQzLD9tJUhbv5Qj9YFi7IVrnca3bkwdFMcjWZvVkqxjiLGUGjcpybdlsiskimolAx1I1oTZWe1-w3yRi6XbVZ3-kFhHoQSIQA/s400/JFK+Elementary,+West+Babylon,+NY+004.jpg)
Inspired by Detective Notebook: Ghost Hunting Handbook:
1 comment:
Hi Marc, Love your website! We all had a wonderful Author's Day. Thanks for spending the day with us. Joan Milligan JFK School
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