Thursday, September 19, 2013

Gene Yang

It was a big week for authors at Galloway. Yesterday we hosted Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese. He is on tour promoting his new books, Boxers and Saints, but he spent most of the time telling us how he came to write American Born Chinese. He was funny and fascinating and now everyone wants to read his books. Thanks again to The Little Shop of Stories for arranging this visit.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Elizabeth Wein at Galloway

Galloway 9th and 10th graders got to meet author Elizabeth Wein today. She is the author of the World War II spy novel Code Name Verity and her latest WWII novel, Rose Under Fire. She spoke about writing historical fiction and about her love of aviation. She is shown here with Mrs. Fillyaw (9th grade English), Mrs. Klein (10th grade English) and Ms. Kochel (librarian). Thank you, Little Shop of Stories for sending her to us.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Unbound is Back

The Unbound Book Club is back. We will meet weekly on Wednesdays after school. We had 28 kids in attendance and more that will join us when fall sports are over. Be sure to see our Unbound web page for updates. Our first order of business is to make new READ posters for the library.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Meet Joe the Library Monitor

There's been a lot of eating and loud talking in the library at lunch time this school year. We really hate to get mad at students, but this week even nice Ms. Pierce lost her patience. So we have hired a new library monitor to keep the peace. So watch out for Joe!

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Gordon Korman!

We were so so so excited to host author Gordon Korman at Galloway last Friday. He spoke to our 4th, 5th and 6th graders about his new book, The Hypnotists, and about many of his other books for kids. Ms. Starkman and I even got to pick him up at the airport and take him out to lunch, which gave us lots of time to talk to him about his books and writing and life in general. He graciously autographed every book that was purchased or brought to him, and even autographed a few sticky notes as well. Thank you, Little Shop of Stories, for bringing us this fabulous author event.