Nora Raleigh Baskin is a wonderful presenter. We had her for our 6th grade classes and she was very appropriate. She included her personal story as well as how she became a writer. She even brought her first journal along to show the students. She is very calming and the students hang on to her every word.

 

>>> "David Bilmes" <bilmesd@newmilfordps.org> 9/19/2012 11:14 AM >>>

Since we seem to have an author visit theme going on the CASL listserv today, I thought I'd add to it. I'm considering bringing either Jake Halpern (Dormia) or Nora Raleigh Baskin (Anything But Typical) to my school later this year. If you've had either one of these authors come to your school, I'd love some feedback. I want to make sure whichever one we bring in can do a good job of engaging a large-group presentation (approximately 250 kids) of 7th and 8th graders.