Speakers in our Author-Educator Series

Vermont is fortunate to have many talented authors and many talented educators and we're particularly happy to bring these groups together in our author-educator series. Here is a list of past speakers: 

• William Alexander - Creating Heroes (2015)
• Meg Allison - Why Fairy Tales Still Matter (2014) 
• Jason Chin - Picture Books that Explore Nature (2014) 
• Derek Cote - Boys & Books (2014)
• Deek Diedricksen - Microshelters (2015)
• Deb Fleischman - Short & Sweet - Crafting Classroom Writing Prompts (2015)
• Gail Gibbons - Agriculture in the Classroom (2013) 
• Deirdre Gill - Picture Books that Explore Nature (2014) 
• Dan Greene - Boys & Books (2014)
• Grace Greene - Picture Books & Early Literacy (2012); Dorothy Canfield Fisher List (2014)
• Melissa Guerrette - (Re)Vision (2015)
• Nicole Griffin - Problem Solving in Stories (2015)
• Jo Knowles - Writing Workshop (2014) 
• Helen Labun - Cooking Experiments (2016)
• Jenny Land -  Family and Place (2013) 
• David Martin - Picture Books & Early Literacy (2012), Bad Jokes & Early Learning (2013) 
• Duncan McDougall - Boys & Books (2014)
• Kekla Magoon - Creating Heroes (2015)
• Kate Messner - Writing Workshop (2014) New Ideas - Creative Jumpstarts (2015)
• Gary Lee Miller - Short & Sweet - Crafting Classroom Writing Prompts (2015)
• Laurel Neme - Creating Global Connections (2015)
• Abbie Nelson - Agriculture in the Classroom (2013) 
• Katherine Roy - Visual Learning (& Sharks) (2015)
• Josh Rupp - Nonfiction with Personality (2013) 
• Rebecca Rupp - Nonfiction with Personality (2013)
• Leda Schubert - Picture Books & Early Literacy (2012)
• Aaron Starmer - Ready to Launch: Panel Discussion on YA Lit & Alex Awards (2017)
• Tanya Lee Stone - Combining Passion & Research (2013)
• S.S. Taylor - Writing Workshop (2014)
• Linda Urban - The Center of Everything (2013) (Re)vision (2015)
• J&P Voelkel - Successful Author Classroom Visits (2013)
• Natalie Kinsey Warnock - Family and Place (2013)
• Doug Wilhelm - Early Chapter Books Review (2015)
• Bear Pond Staff - 2014 Nonfiction Materials Review (2014); 2015 YA / MG Novels Review (2015) Early Chapter Books Review (2015)