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Lynn Plourde visits Lubec and Pembroke

October 29, 2018 Taylor Mace Permalink Leave a comment

Maine author Lynn Plourde brought her fun and theatrical style to Lubec Consolidated School and Pembroke Elementary with her picture book At One in a Place Called Maine, and graphic novel Lost Trail: Nine Days Alone in the Wilderness, Donn Fendler’s story of survival after becoming lost on Mount Katahdin as a child in July 1939. To kick-off […]

“Extreme Survivors” on MDI

May 21, 2018 Taylor Mace Permalink Leave a comment

Kimberly Ridley started out her spring 2018 school tour on MDI at Mount Desert Elementary (MDES), followed by a visit to Pemetic Elementary in Southwest Harbor, before a stop in Washington County. She finished up her visits at Conners Emerson Elementary School in Bar Harbor. “Have you ever seen a comb jelly in real life?” […]

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Tags: Acadia National Park, author, Bar Harbor, Conners Emerson, Kim Ridley, mdi, Mount Desert Elementary School, Pemetic Elementary, school visit, science, Southwest Harbor, writing

Elizabeth Atkinson and “The Island of Beyond” on North Haven

May 8, 2018 Taylor Mace Permalink 1 Comment

Elizabeth Atkinson delighted in bringing her book “The Island of Beyond” to students at the North Haven Community School. Teacher Nikole Seeger enthusiastically led students in grades 5 – 8 in their reading and exploration of the book in anticipation of Elizabeth’s visit. The whole group gathered to hear an overview presentation which included the […]

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Tags: Author visit, Elizabeth Atkinson, North Haven Community School, school visit

Kelly Cunnane at Vinalhaven

May 3, 2018 Taylor Mace Permalink Leave a comment

May Day greeted Kelly Cunnane and IRW Program Director Ruth Feldman with lots of spring sun and a great welcome at Vinalhaven School. Kelly is dynamic and shares many elements of her time in Kenya through her book, “For You Are a Kenyan Child,” and the many artifacts she has collected over the years. The […]

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Calef Brown at Lubec, Beatrice Rafferty and Whiting

April 5, 2018 Taylor Mace Permalink Leave a comment

Author and illustrator Calef Brown kicked off IRW’s spring 2018 author visits with three stops at Lubec Consolidated School, Beatrice Rafferty School and Whiting Village School at the end of March. He brought along three of his titles including “How to Hypnotize a Tiger,” “Boy Wonders” and “Flamingoes on the Roof.” “Calef Brown is so much […]

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Tags: Beatrice Rafferty, Calef Brown, Lubec Consolidated School, school visit, Whiting Village School

Island-hopping with Ellen Potter!

October 17, 2015 Ruth Feldman Permalink 2 Comments

Maine writer Ellen Potter recently traveled to three outer islands with Island Readers & Writers aboard the Maine Seacoast Mission’s 75 ft. Sunbeam V. Ellen’s latest series, Piper Green and the Fairy Tree, is themed around young kids who live on an island and are ferried to school by lobster boat. What better way to […]

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Tags: ashley bryan school, ellen potter, frenchboro, isle au haut, islesford, school visit, sunbeam boat