[CASL-L] author gift suggestions please

[Victoria Phillips]

Hello all,

I had a visiting author who came to our school for a day and did a wonderful job.  PTO has decided they'd like to give him a gift and approved $100.  Does anyone have any suggestions for a gift?  He's 37, was a preschool para and is now a children's librarian, and this is his first published book.  Thanks for any suggestions!

I'm also including his info in case anyone is looking for a dynamic presenter for their primary grades.  He was very easy to work with and really "gets" a younger audience.  He is now charging a small fee but since he lives in MA he doesn't have many expenses.  Tell him Torrie sent you!

From: Jason Lefebvre [mailto:jasonlefebvreauthor at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 2:18 PM
Subject: Jason Lefebvre Holyoke, MA author school visit

Hi,
My name is Jason Lefebvre and I am from Holyoke, MA.  I worked for fifteen years as a preschool paraprofessional in Holyoke and Hadley MA and have been the children's librarian at the Holyoke Library since 2005.  My picture book Too Much Glue published by Flashlight Press is scheduled for official release on September 1st.  It is already on the shelf at Barnes and Noble nationwide and will be carried by local bookstores as well.  I am currently beginning to schedule classroom visits for the fall and winter, and was wondering if it was possible to do so in your school district.  For younger grades I would do a typical story time.  I would talk about what is was like to write the book incorporating a simple gross motor game and a song, and then I would read the story.  I would leave time at the end to sign copies if needed and could also bring along a little take home craft activity for kids.  The whole presentation would last about 20-30 minutes.  For older kids I would focus more on the process of  creating the story, show some of the early sketches and story boards by illustrator Zac Retz and finish with a reading/signing.  the book is marketed for kids four to eight years old, but I would be willing to talk with older classes more about the journey from manuscript to publication.  I thought it might be fun for kids to have a visit from someone local who wrote a book.  I am very willing to work with schools and individual classroom teachers or school librarians to figure out how best to make this program happen.  I would ask, if possible, to have a pre-order form distributed about three weeks prior to the visit.  I have included the form for you to look at and am willing to have it translated if necessary.  The Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley has been nice enough to coordinate all pre-orders for school visits and all books will be shipped directly to schools.  Below is more information about the book.  Feel free to contact me at this email address and I hope to talk to you soon.  Thanks in advance.

Jason Lefebvre

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"First-time author Lefebvre presents a rowdy tale about the disruptive forms that creativity can take..." -Publishers Weekly



Although his teacher has warned him that too much glue never dries, Matty loves glue. So one day during art, he searches for the fullest glue bottles in the classroom and the fun begins. Matty pours a gluey lake, and – Geronimo! – belly flops into the middle. Unfortunately he hasn’t thought things through, and now he’s stuck in the gloppy gloop. His classmates try to pull him out with yarn lassos and a tow truck made of plastic bricks, but the stickiness only grows. Just before the final bell rings and the carpool parents arrive, Matty whispers an idea to his friends. Will his plan work or will Matty be a clicky bricky, clingy stringy, blucky stucky glue boy for the rest of his life? And will Dad think Matty’s “out-of-the-bottle” creativity has made a mess or a masterpiece?

Matty’s sticky predicament unfolds through Zac Retz’s wildly expressive digital paintings and Jason Lefebvre’s lively language and zany refrain. His classmates, the bewildered principal, and the flustered nurse are all a hoot, but the real gem is Matty himself – wacky and loveable, wavering between glee and lunacy.  Too Much Glue will grip children and adults alike.  Although grownups may not like to admit it, kids know that the most enjoyable artistic endeavors are the especially messy ones.

·  Hardcover: 32 pages
·  Publisher: Flashlight Press (September 1, 2013)
·  ISBN-13: 978-1936261277

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Torrie Phillips
Library Media Specialist
East Haddam Elementary School
(860) 873-5076
victoria.phillips at easthaddamschools.org<mailto:victoria.phillips at easthaddamschools.org>


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