This is a guest post from Mary Berning, District Library Media Specialist at Chisago Lakes Area Schools. Need a Mini Grant to purchase materials or try an interesting new program at your library? Apply today!

Who loves author visits? Students at Taylors Falls Elementary, that’s who!

As part of this year’s I Love to Read month festivities, students met author Tracy Nelson Maurer. Tracy is the author of over a hundred books including Noah Webster’s Fighting Words and John Deere, That’s Who!, which won the 2018 American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture Book of the Year. Tracy presented three sessions. She shared props and photos with the students; she talked about being a writer. Kindergarten and first graders enjoyed listening to her read and sang a song about John Deere with her. Second through fifth graders learned how she became a writer, how she conducts research, and about the revision process. At the end of each session, Tracy gave students time to ask questions.

It was a fun and valuable learning experience for all! Thanks to CMLE for funding part of Tracy’s visit.

Watch this very fast, very cute video of students singing along: