Tips for Skype visits - and authors for free

Met Any Good Authors Lately?

Classroom author visits can happen via Skype (here's a list of those who do it for free)

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6673572.html

Kate Messner writing for School Library Journal describes how to Skype an author. She gives tips, along with a readiness checklist, and a list of authors who will do short Skype-sessions  for free (longer sessions will often cost some money.)

"Today’s students live in a brave new literary world—one in which they can connect with their favorite authors at bookstore signings or during school visits, not to mention on Facebook. Most authors today have at least a Web site with an email link, and some go well beyond that. They blog. They podcast. They vlog. They tweet. That means greater accessibility for young readers, who then get to know writers as real people with real lives, not just magical, faraway ones scribbling in Scottish castles."

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Audio and Video Links from Candlewick Press

Candlewick Press has a great many resources for readers, teachers and librarians.

"The resources section is filled with downloadable extras, links to information, fun things to do, and more! Use the drop down list to see a filtered list of resources specific to your area of interest."

View/Listen to author interviews, and stories being read.

Example:

What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy. (an excerpt.)

Also:

A directory of links to author/ illustrator pages.

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