Hello Readers, So the past two days have been a whirlwind of early school dismissal, impending ice doom, cancelled author visits, two-hour school delays, cancelled school days, many social media conversations, rescheduled author visits and in the end awesomeness. This afternoon Quail Ridge Books and Tom Angleberger were able to work out a rescheduled time…
Hello Readers, So as we talked about in our meeting today Tom Angleberger, of Origami Yoda fame, will be visiting Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh next Monday. He will be debuting his latest Origami Yoda book, Princess Label Maker to the Rescue and will start his presentation at 7:00. I know it might be hard…
Hello Readers, Some big news out of Quail Ridge Books…. Tom Angleberger is coming to town August 15! The finale of the Origami Yoda books is set to be released on Tuesday August 7. The book is called The Secret of the Fortune Wookie. We asked if he might be able to stop by SMS…
Hello Readers, Yesterday was a huge day here at SMS. Not only were we pleased to welcome back author Tom Angleberger, but he was willing to stay after school and participate in our After School Extravaganza! The Tom Angleberger Strikes Back After School Extravaganza ended up being wildly popular. I don’t have a full count…
Hello Readers, Last year around this time we were happy to welcome author Tom Angleberger to our school. He had just published the now wildly popular book, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda and was starting to visit schools. He was fantastic as a speaker and presenter. Last year we decided to have an After…
Hello Readers, Boy has SMS Guys Read gone dark for a long time? Our last post was December 7th and I am writing to you know on January 31! Goodness we have been gone a long time. So I have some really cool news to share. Over the break I made some contact with another…
Hello Readers, Happy All Hallow’s Read! Today is Neil Gaiman’s new holiday where you give a scary book to someone special. We all need more excuses to give books as gifts right? Check out the great website for All Hallow’s Read and be sure to watch the video explanation by Gaiman himself (and a bunch…
Hello Readers, Last night my daughter (after a brave flu vaccine squirt up the nose) and I tramped down to Quail Ridge Books for another great author visit. This time we heard two local authors, Stephen Messer the author of The Death of Yorik Mortwell and Kathleen Churchyard. I was interested in hearing from Messer…
Hello Readers, I do have to apologize for taking a little break from our already slow blogging schedule, I am tracked out and busy working with my own kids at the moment. I did want to break in and tell you about my adventure tonight. This evening I had the pleasure of catching the tail…
Hello Readers, Today we were pleased to welcome Mr. Jack Gantos to our Middle School. He is out on tour to support his new semi-autobiographical novel, Dead End in Norvelt. (take a listen to the audio clip found on the Macmillan website…That’s Jack Gantos reading from Dead End in Norvelt!) He was a fantastic speaker…
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