Read Across America Week

Today I celebrated Read Across America at Forest Lake Elementary School. The Forest Lake Today News Show interviewed me about being an author. I dressed up like the Cat in the Hat (the main character from my favorite Dr. Seuss book)! Anything that I can do to encourage children to pick up a book and read! Bellman and the Cat in the Hat were the stars of the show.

Later today, I was a guest at Lexington Elementary School. I enjoyed visiting one of their Kindergarten classes. What a delightful group of children! They became friends with Bellman through Meet Bellman the Traveling Bear. We discussed writing our own stories, and I encouraged them to be authors too.

Brenda

February 17, 2009 - School Visits

Today I was able to share Bellman with a 1st grade class at Forest Lake Elementary and a 2nd grade class at Horrell Hill Elementary School in Columbia. I really enjoy these school visits because it gives me the opportunity to interact with students again. It was fun to hear their thoughts as we studied Social Studies and learned about Bellman the Traveling Bear. I hope to schedule more school visits soon.

Brenda

February 9, 2009 - Forest Lake Elementary

One of the first places that I wanted to go to share our Bellman Books was my old school, Forest Lake Elementary. My teacher friends were encouraging and excited to have the books to use in their classrooms.

Brenda