Connecticut

	Robert Cassilais an illustrator of many books for children, which has afforded him the great opportunity since 1989, to visit schools all over the United States. In these school visits, he does a visual presentation titled: "How I Illustrate a Children's Book."
	Mike Graf is a former classroom teacher and TV weatherman. He knows how to speak to children and his assemblies are highly engaging and informative. Mike has written over 70 books for children and teachers. Mike’s presentations include personally-experienced, gripping tales about scorpion encounters, flash floods, dinosaur digs, wolf sightings, bears encounters, cave rescues and explorations, thunderstorms and lightning strikes, tornado chasing, national parks adventures, rock-climbing and many other subjects. He also presents information on weather, the writing process, and how to create great stories.
	Irene Kelly My grown-up life as an author and illustrator of children’s books is not that different from my childhood. I still read and write a lot, and spend tons of time outside. I have tea in the afternoon and still play Scrabble and kick-the-can. When I’m not working on my books, I often visit schools to talk about writing and illustrating. I feel very lucky to be a children’s book author and illustrator, as well as the proud companion to a chicken named Betty and a dog named Nellie.”
	Jeff Nathans CurricuLaughs programming (for grades pk-8) now touts more principals raving letters than any other program in the COUNTRY! It is guaranteed to provide the best visit your elementary school has EVER HAD or you dont have to pay! An award-winning children's author, educator, poet, singer and songwriter, Jeff is also the creator of PunOETRY and was selected as one of the nation's funniest poets by Meadowbrook Press. See complete information at www.IncredibleAssemblies.com. Don't miss out on unique EDUCATION THROUGH SIDE-SPLITTING HUMOR at your school.
	Wendy Pfeffer, award winning author of many children's books, has also written WRITING CHILDREN'S BOOKS: GETTING STARTED, for adults. She has taught elementary school, directed a nursery school and led adult classes in writing. She especially enjoys visiting schools, teaching writing workshops and leading interactive presentations with children.
	Kathryn Starke is an elementary school reading specialist in Richmond, Virginia. she started Creative Minds Publications to promote educational material that motivates children to read, think, and learn. She participates in children's book nights, book fairs, and school international nights, She presents a variety of literacy workshops for elementary school educators
	Jane Sutcliffe is the owner of four goats and one very spoiled dog named Willy. She is also the author of numerous nonfiction books for children, including AMELIA EARHART, MILTON HERSHEY, WALT DISNEY and THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. Her curriculum-oriented presentations to school children are always fast-paced, informative, and above all FUN. "Thank you for coming to our school. As one young fan wrote. "Now I'm more interested in biographies than I used to be."