AUTHOR VISIT at ECHO HORIZON SCHOOL, Culver City, CA

Wiggle and Waggle puppets help sing the Wiggle and Waggle digging song

Last Thursday, I had a wonderful visit with second and third graders at Echo Horizon School, Culver City, California, in the beautiful school library. I was impressed by the children’s enthusiasm and their excellent questions. Claudette Brown, the school librarian, had helped them prepare by reading my books and having the third graders make pyramid animal poems inspired by some of my animal books (directions are at my website).

Caroline with Claudette Brown

With both groups I read the first two stories in Wiggle and Waggle and we all sang the Wiggle and Waggle song together–accompanied by my worm sock puppets. (Wiggle has googly eyes, Waggle has glasses.)  After that I talked about my illustration process.

Ostrich Egg

Then I shared Hatching Chicks in Room 6 and we had a discussion of what makes a bird–all birds lay eggs, and all birds have feathers. I shared my ostrich egg (the largest of all bird eggs) and everyone had a chance to touch it. Then the children had a chance to measure their wingspans. Finally, I shared my new book, Butterflies in Room 6, and we talked about the recent painted lady butterfly migration in Southern California.

Pages from Butterflies in Room 6

I thank Claudette for inviting me, coordinating my visit, and for taking photos. I also thank the school tech person for making sure that everything worked for my slide show. And thanks to Children’s Book World for providing the books for autographing. This was my second visit to Echo Horizon and it was another great morning!