Author Visits

The Newbery Club was honored to experience Nan Marino’s very first Skype interview. The author of Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle  Man McGinty Told Me was thrilled to meet our club members and their parents face-to-face (via internet hook up. Ms. Marino, who is also a librarian, told us how she became a writer and where she got the idea for her novel.   Through the many thoughtful questions posed by the club members we learned many interesting things about the author, such as Ms. Marino names all her characters after people she knows.

 

 

Graham Salisbury visted the Newbery Book Club on Monday, April 6th. He introduced his new character Calvin Coconut to club members. Club Members Josephine Amorim, Charlie Uhrin and Samantha Uhrin interviewed Mr. Salisbury for Kidsday.

 

 

Katherine Marsh returned to the Newbery Club on Friday, May 1 to discuss The Twilight Prisoner. Newbery Club members welcomed
her back and discuss the continued adventures of Jack and Euri. Club members suggested the title for this book when Ms. Marsh first visited in 2007.

 

 

Rebecca Stead visited the Newbery Club on Monday August 3, 2009. Her new book, When You Reach Me will be on our 2010 Mock Newbery discussion list.

Katherine Marsh, author of the new book
The Night Tourist (Hyperion, 2007) visited the Newbery Club members on November 16th, and talked about her first book for young people.

Rick Riordan, author of the new children’s book
The Lightning Thief,visited The Newbery Medal Club on Wednesday, November 16, 7:00 p.m. at the East Northport Library.


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