Carmen Agra Deedy
September 30, 2011
Grades 3-6

Lane Elementary Authors
November 11, 2011
Grades 1-3

William Joyce
December 1, 2011
Grades 2-4

Brandon Mull
February 29, 2012
Grades 5-8

Discover Shakespeare
April 25, 2012
Grades 9-12

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2010-2011 Season

2009-2010 Season

Lane Elementary
November 11, 2011 ·  1-1:30 p.m. (ET)
Students in Grades 1-3

FCPS teacher Nicole Groeneweg challenged her first & second grade students to enter the Scholastic Book Fairs’ Kids Are Authors contest, an annual competition open to students in grades K–8.


Five weeks, 20 revisions, and five tiers of judging later, their book, The Perfect Place for an Elf Owl, won the 2011 Grand Prize for Nonfiction.  The book is about a little lost elf owl who searches for his mama through diverse habitats and ecosystems until he finally finds her in the “perfect place.”  In the book’s dedication, one student wrote, "you have to read books, to write books."

 

During this program, the young authors describe their roles in the writing process, teamwork, and the different elements of a storybook