SAS Pudong Libarians at EARCOS 2012
James Gurney Author Visit March 21-23, 2012
James Gurney and his wife, Jeanette, visited the SAS Pudong campus, March 21st-23rd. They were amazing. James, the author of Dinotopia and other works is an author-artist-illustrator of great talent. He present to classes in all our divisions. He treated our HS art students to tips and techniques. He presented to our MS students the process of scientific research for his dinosaur art and illustrations and how he goes about developing and finishing his work. He, in a marathon series of sessions presented to all our ES students, preK-5th the wonders that flow from his hands, treating our students to dinosaurs riding and flying over McDonalds. He left behind a great many images, and to a few special students, specialized birthday cards. The SAS Libraries wish to thank James and Jeanette for their efforts and talents shared with our students.
Slide Show of James Gurney’s Visit
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Kathryn Lasky and Christopher Knight’s Visit – March 12-16, 2012
Kathryn Lasky and Christopher Knight visited the SAS Pudong Divisions March 12-16. They presented their books, writing tips, and their lives to students at all divisions. Students had the opportunity to view, read, and learn about the authors, the writing process, the Guardians and Wolves series, the making of the Guardian Movie, and their work with sailing magazines and National Geographic. We would like to thank the authors for their time and talents. They made their work come alive for our students.
A slide show of their visit is below.
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James Gurney’s Visit – March 21-23, 2012
James Gurney’s Visit to SAS Pudong
Lasky and Knight Have Arrived
March 12, 2012
Kathryn Lasky and Christopher Knight have arrived at SAS Pudong. Today Kathryn meet with the 7th grade Humanities classes describing her work with special emphasis on the production and background to the book, “The Last Girls of Pompeii”. Her meeting schedule is full through the rest of the week as she touches base the 8th Grade, 6th Grade, HS Journalism, and IB English classes. At the end of the week she will be meeting and talking with the 5th Grade in Mrs. Boyer’s Elementary Library.
Christopher Knight, the photographic side of the family meet with the IB Env & Society HS classes and discussed his photographic background, his work the National Geographic, and the work behind the production of two non-fiction books that Kathryn and Christopher developed together. The connections he made to his life and work, his love of boats, and his journey were inspiring, bringing back memories for the teachers present at the presentation.
Kathryn and Christopher will continue they work for the rest of the week at SAS Pudong. We are happy host them and are please that they were able to come to visit with us. For more information about their visit, please contact the SAS Pudong Secondary Library.
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