| You Don't Have to Come Back, You Just Have to Go Out: An Author's Adventures in 30 Years of School Visits Contributor(s): Longmeyer, Carole Marsh (Author) |
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ISBN: 0635120542 ISBN-13: 9780635120540 Publisher: Bluffton Books OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Editors, Journalists, Publishers |
| Series: Bluffton Books |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.55 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When I started my writing career with a single children's mystery book, I had no idea the can of worms I was opening Success and a reader fan base soon meant that I was awash in requests to "visit our school " I always say I'm a writer, not a speaker, but how do you say no to a librarian/media specialist or teacher? You don't And so, from a humble first visit at a local school, over the years I embarked on visits far and wide around the nation. This book recounts some of the most interesting, curious, hilarious, dangerous, poignant, and even deadlyschool visits I've done. When you enter a school, you become part of their world. I quickly learned that, yes, indeed: You don't have to come back]]You just have to go out From the hometown of Blackbeard the Pirate, to a school Eleanor Roosevelt once visited via train, coach, and then wagon, I followed in the footsteps of earlier children's book authors. I learned to be generous, gregarious, patient, brave, and never |