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15 Steps to Make Your Next Author Visit the Best

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Author visits have enormous benefits for students. They bring books to life and help reluctant readers become avid readers. They reinforce the lessons of teachers and librarians. They inspire children who see authors and illustrators who persevered and made their dreams come true.

But one snag in the organization of an author visit, and it can suck all the life, reinforcement and inspiration from the event.

Here are 15 tips to make sure your next school visit will run smoothly and leave your students motivated to read and succeed in everything they do. Continue reading “15 Steps to Make Your Next Author Visit the Best” →

2018 Bookish Resolutions

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The new year has started, and at The Booking Biz, we hope 2018 is bringing you all good things–including lots of wonderful books!

A new year is also a good time for changes, resolutions, and making the world better. Books can help.

Inspired by their own books, our clients are sharing their own resolutions. What are yours? Continue reading “2018 Bookish Resolutions” →

Rainy Day Reading List

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Ahh, fall. The weather will soon be turning colder. Heaters will come on. And rain and snow will keep us cuddling up inside. All we need is a mug of hot cocoa and a good book to read.

When the rain hits us at The Booking Biz, we like to curl up with the books we’ve read and loved, the stories we enjoy living in over and over again. We thought you might be looking for books like that as we move into the fall. Books with characters you want to hug and worlds you want to live in—even the harsh worlds because they help us find hope for our own.

Here are some of our favorite books from our clients. How many have you read? We recommend getting them all…because you never know when another rain storm will hit. Continue reading “Rainy Day Reading List” →

8 Amazing Results of Author Visits

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You know the wonderful benefits of having authors at your schools, libraries and events. You’ve seen the smiling faces of both children and adults who are inspired by what they hear. But what about the results?

Here are 10 amazing things that happened because of an author visit by one of our clients. Continue reading “8 Amazing Results of Author Visits” →

Librarian, Teacher Recommendations, Book Shortlists and more

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Author and presenter Janet Fox
Janet Fox

There’s a reason libraries all over the nation look to the Texas Library Assoication for recommendations—TLA recognizes great authors. TLA has included our client Janet Fox, author of the acclaimed novel THE CHARMED CHILDREN OF ROOKSKILL CASTLE on their list of 2017 Spirit of Texas Reading Program Middle School Authors.

Continue reading “Librarian, Teacher Recommendations, Book Shortlists and more” →