Author Resources
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Author Videos

Steven Banks
• MIDDLE SCHOOL BITES Chapter Video

Kate Cosgrove
• AND THE BULLFROGS SING—Draw a Frog with Illustrator Kate Cosgrove

Will Hillenbrand
• SPRING IS HERE reading

Roxie Munro
• Roxie Munro’s Interviews, Readings, and More!

Margi Preus
• THE LITTLEST VOYAGEUR Chapter Readings

Lesa Cline-Ransome
• OVERGROUND RAILROAD reading

Lizzy Rockwell
• HOW DO YOU FEEL? Video Read-Aloud
• Studio Tour

Dianne Salerni
• ELEANOR, ALICE, AND THE ROOSEVELT GHOSTS—Writing Spooky Stories with Author Dianne K. Salerni

Phil Stead
• IN MY GARDEN drawing video

Vivian Vande Velde
• TROLL TEACHERS reading

Julie Lee
• BROTHER’S KEEPER behind-the-book

Candace Fleming
• HONEYBEE and CUBS IN THE TUB behind-the-book

Caroline Brooks DuBois
• THE PLACES WE SLEEP debut author video

Dori Hillestad Butler
• DEAR BEAST new chapter book series introduction

John Hare
• FIELD TRIP TO THE OCEAN DEEP behind-the-book

Susan Goldman Rubin
• GIVE US THE VOTE behind-the-book

Jordan Scott & Sydney Smith
• I TALK LIKE A RIVER author & illustrator spotlight

Christina Uss
• THE COLOSSUS OF ROADS behind-the-book

Hannah West
• PALACE OF SILVER behind-the-book and THE BITTERWINE OATH teaser

Claudia Mills
• AFTER-SCHOOL SUPERSTARS Series and Cooking Lesson

Richard Fairgray
• BLACK SAND BEACH and a How to Write Horror Lesson

Karen Gray Ruelle
• PETER’S WAR, SURPRISING SPIES, and a How to Write Nonfiction Lesson
Virtual School Visit Author Volunteers
Christina Uss | The Colossus of Roads |
Candace Fleming | Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera |
René Colato Laínez | ¡Vámonos! Let’s Go! / Senor Pancho Had a Rancho |
Antoinette Portis | Hey, Water! / A New Green Day |
Margi Preus | The Littlest Voyageur |
Richard Fairgray (Pixel+Ink ) | Black Sand Beach: Are You Afraid of the Light? |