Author, poet, and award-winning songwriter Eric Ode will share some fun, high-participation ideas and activities for teaching through song, music, and poetry. You don’t have to be a musician to make a book really sing. You don’t have to be a rock star to fill your library with music.

Please bring cash.Īll about the Beat: Celebrating Literacy through Music, Rhythm and Poetry Titles from the authors will be available for purchase during the event. Samantha Wilcoxson: Plantagenet Princess, Tudor Queen, Faithful Traitor, No Such Thing as Perfect, Over the Deep: A Titanic Adventure Michael Spradlin: The Enemy Above, Into the Killing Seas, I.Q.: Alcatraz Ruth McNally Barshaw: Leopold the Lion, The Ellie McDoodle DiariesĬheri Hallwood: Winter’s First Snowflake, The Curious Polka-Dot Present, One Wish for Winifred Witchīeth Rodgers: Freshman Fourteen and Sweet Fifteen Kick off the conference right by meeting these local Michigan authors: The other half will support local children’s literacy efforts through the Flint and Genesee Literacy Network. Half of the ticket price will go to the MLA Scholarship fund where your dollars will help another library professional afford a future conference. Mix and mingle with several local Michigan authors while you learn about their works, eat a little, drink a little and know that 100% of your ticket price is helping SI Give Back to the community.

SI presents its first Evening with an Author fundraising event. Tickets are available for purchase onsite at registration.

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