Cowboys and Aliens!
Yesterday I had two great school visits!
At Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary in Alvin, Texas I was greeted with a big Yippee-ki-yay! Librarian Sheri Howard was a great host!
Two hundred students arrived— half as cowboys and half as aliens! Yippee-ki-yi! These kids really get into their costumes.
Decorations abounded.
Giant star maps, taken from Adam McCauley’s illustrations.
A UFO hovering above a barbecue grill on the stage.
Students came prepared with intriguing questions, about writing and books. Some are still wondering who that blond girl is in The Three Bears’ Halloween.
I finished off the day with a stop at Rustic Oak Elementary in Pearland, Texas, where kids yippee-ki-yo’ed with enthusiasm and were ready with some really great questions, thanks to the preparation of Librarian Christi Christopher.
05/10/2013 at 11:03 pm
PB author/illustrators have the most fun 🙁
This must have been a blast. And wow! Two hundred students!
05/11/2013 at 3:08 pm
Yes, we PB authors do have a blast.:)
05/11/2013 at 2:07 pm
Kathi, what an enthusiastic librarian. Kudos to her too!
05/11/2013 at 3:06 pm
Yippee-ki-YAY to amazing librarians!
05/11/2013 at 5:11 pm
Thanks to your inspiration, maybe some of those adorable cowboys and aliens will become engineers and scientists on board a real Texas starship, complete with yummy BBQ to share with the universe!
05/11/2013 at 8:21 pm
What a lovely thought, Marianne. I do mention to them the idea of becoming astronauts.