The Enchanted Hour
Wall Street Journal children’s book reviewer Meghan Cox Gurdon offered her thoughts on the benefits associated with reading aloud for both children and adults. This program was part of the v…
460 viewsWall Street Journal children’s book reviewer Meghan Cox Gurdon offered her thoughts on the benefits associated with reading aloud for both children and adults. This program was part of the v…
460 viewsFilm and TV producer Naomi Brockwell discussed her children’s book, Billy’s Bitcoin.
712 viewsSecond Lady Karen Pence and her daughter, Charlotte, share the story of their family’s pet rabbit, Marlon Bundo’s time in the Vice President’s residence.
604 viewsAuthor James Patterson talked about the value of families reading together. He also responded to questions from the audience. This event took place at the 2012 Miami Book Fair International …
490 viewsDirk Wales talked about his book The Further Adventures of a Lucky Dog: Owney, U.S. Rail Mail Mascot (Great Plains Press; September 15, 2009). Owney was a stray dog who became an unofficial …
287 viewsLynne Cheney talked about her book, We the People: The Story of Our Constitution (Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing; September 9, 2008). Her latest children’s book is about the drafti…
923 viewsSenator Edward Kennedy talked about his children’s book, My Senator and Me: A Dog’s-Eye View of Washington, D.C., published by Scholastic Inc. Senator Kennedy was joined by his dog Splash at…
514 viewsDirk Wales talked about his children’s book A Lucky Dog: Owney, U.S. Rail Mail Mascot, published by Great Plains Press. Owney became the rail mascot for the U.S. Post Office after taking sh…
355 viewsA BOOK-TV interview with David A. Adler, Author, "A Picture Book of Thomas Jefferson", . The book contains drawings about the life and accomplishments of Thomas Jefferson
643 viewsAuthor R.L. Stine spoke to young readers about his writings and read excerpts from his new book Nightmare Hour. Mr. Stine has been named the most popular children’s book author in history by…
365 viewsRussell Freedman talked about writing history and biography for children. He said that the narrative form was a key ingredient in capturing the imagination, noting that vivid scenes of the p…
205 viewsAuthor Joy Hakim talked with middle school students about her ten-volume history of the United States for children ages nine and older. She read from her books and answered students' questio…
112 viewsAuthor and Civil War Re-enactor William Styple, President, Belle Grove Publishing Company, spoke about his book “The Little Bugler: The True Story of a Twelve-Year-Old Boy in the Civil War.”…
411 viewsMr. Kroll spoke to a group of second grade students about writing and reading. He shared stories from his children’s books and the translation of them into foreign languages. Afterwards he s…
38 viewsScenes were shown of Children’s Alley at the Miami Book Fair International, including children’s face painting by a clown and a stage show for children.
87 viewsMr. Adler read from his book A Picture Book of John F. Kennedy, published by Holiday House. He talked about his research for the book and how he decides what to include in the book.
385 viewsDoris Orgel will talk about her book We Goddesses: Athena, Aphrodite, Hera published by DK Publishing. The book is a first-person narrative, written from the perspective of the three Greek …
144 viewsMs. Jakobsen talked with children about how she painted the pictures for the book, This Land Is Your Land, which is about the song of the same name. The book describes the different types of…
145 viewsCartographers and children talked about maps, geography, and the National Geographic Society’s Atlas for Young Explorers.
230 viewsMr. Wisniewski discussed how he prepared to illustrate children’s Books, revealing his secret of illustration in which he puts a shadow around figures to give them a three dimensional appear…
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