Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Participating Schools & Visiting Authors

The following are the schools that have invited an author for 2009 with their author assignements. Please offer your favorite Humboldt County School support for the Author Festival nominal fee of $75.00 per school site.

Agnes Johnson Robert San Souci (Friday)
Alice Birney Ginger Wadsworth (Thursday)
Arcata Christian Erik Brooks (Friday)
Arcata Elementary Natasha Wing (Thursday)
Big Lagoon Barbara Kerley (Friday)
Blue Lake Elementary Natasha Wing (Friday)
Bridgeville Kirby Larson (Friday)
Cuddeback Ellen Howard (Thurs AM)
Cutten Bruce Hale (Thrusday)
Dow's Prairie Larry Brimner (Thursday)
Eagle Prairie Ann W. Paul (Thursday)
Ettersburg Text Color Nancy Coffelt (Thursday)
Eureka High Pamela F. Service (Friday)
Ferndale Elementary Robert San Souci (Thursday)
Fieldbrook Larry Brimer (Friday)
Fortuna Middle Carmen Grand (Thursday)
Freshwater Mary Nethery & Kirby Larson (Thursday)
Fuente Nueva Matthew Gollub (Friday)
Garfield Barbara Kerley (Thursday)
Grant School Dorothy Patent (Thursday)
Green Point Caroline Arnold (Friday)
Hoopa Linda Boyden (Friday)
Hydesville Ellen Howard (Thursday PM)
Jack Norton Linda Boyden (Thrursday)
Jacoby Creek Michael Ross (Thursday)
Kneeland Michael Ross (Friday)
Koinonia Academy Mary Nethery (Friday)
Lafayette Judy Cox (Thursday)
Maple Creek Bob Barner (Friday)
Mattole and Honeydew Helen Ketteman (Thursday)
McKinleyville High School Elaine Marie Alphin (Friday)
McKinleyville Middle Sherry Shahan (Thursday)
Mistwood Center Barbara Kerley (Thursday AM)
Morris School Matthew Gollub (Thursday)
North Coast Learning Academy Shirley Climo (Thursday)
Orleans Elementary Pamela F. Service (Thursday)
Pacific Union Elaine Marie Alphin (Thursday)
Pacific View Charter Bruce Hale (Friday)
Pine Hill Caroline Arnold (Thursday PM)
Redwood Christian Judy Cox (Friday)
Ridgewood School Nancy Coffelt (Friday)
South Bay Elementary Caroline Arnold (Thursday AM)
South Fortuna Bob Barner (Thursday)
St. Mary's Shirley Climo (Friday)
Scotia Ginger Wadsworth (Friday)
Sunnybrae Middle Sherry Shahan (Friday)
Trillium Charter Ann W. Paul (Friday)
Trinidad Union Ellen Howard (Friday)
Trinity Valley Dorothy Patent (Friday)
Union Street Charter Helen Ketteman (Friday)
Washington Elementary Erik Brooks (Thursday)
Weitchpec Elementary Linda Boyden (Thursday)
Whitethorn Nancy Coffelt (Thursday)
Zane Middle School Carmen Grand (Friday)

Posted by Marsha Mielke at 2:11 PM

WELCOME

The Humboldt County Children's Author Festival began in 1975 with goals of bringing well-known, published authors to Humboldt County and enabling them to visit schools to talk with students about books and the business and craft of writing, and to reinforce the idea that people create books and that children and students can write as well as read.Begun as a one-time festival, its popularity with kids, parents, teachers, librarians, and the general public was such that the festival evolved into a biennial event.This October, 25 authors and illustrators will come to Humboldt from throughout California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Utah, Florida and Indiana. They will travel to 60 Humboldt County schools, talk about themselves and their work to thousands of school children, and spend a day at a public autographing session in the Main Library in Eureka, where their books can be purchased.On behalf of the Author Festival Committee, students, children, parents, teachers, librarians, and other Humboldt book-lovers, we thank this year's participating authors for coming to this festival. If you have corrections or comments, please email Marsha Mielke, mmielke@suddenlink.net