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Meet the Author

2023 Meet the Author is here! ​

All of these presentations will be happening during school hours on the following days:
Thursday, March 2nd - TK-1st Grade 

Jason Langston is the author of his self-published book A Baboon in my Room. He was inspired to write it as a result of a made-up family language game that he and his four kids played together.
Thursday, March 2nd - 2nd & 3rd Grade 

Eren Unten is the illustrator of I Am Helpful and several other books such as Star Wars: I Am a Hero.  She is also a former Stevenson parent! (www.erenunten.com)
Friday, March 3rd - 4th & 5th Grade  

Amanda Deibert is the author of several comics and graphic novels.  She wrote DC Super Hero Girls: Weird Science and DC Super Hero Girls: Ghosting, as well as Teen Titan Go!: Weirder Things and a chapter in Flash Facts.  (www.amandadeibert.com)

Past Events

Meet the Author this year was a success, as authors promoted their love of reading and writing to the students!

Alda P. Dobbs spoke to the 4th and 5th grade classes about her historical fiction book Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna. She was inspired from her great-grandmother’s stories that happened during the Mexican Revolution.

Jennifer Jackson (a Stevenson parent) and Miry Whitehill read their book Our World is a Family to the TK- 1st grade classes, and talked about migrating families. They also touched upon Miry's non-profit organization Miry’s List, which welcomes new arrival refugee families in the United States. During this time they provided us with a link to share with our families. They give tips on writing letters to refugees to help them feel welcome in the United States.  Anyone can write a letter!  Click on the link if you would like to print out these helpful tips and sample letterhead. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SQjs018kUEfFg7zF_-2z9x5NR7_wsYQq/view

Lindsey Leavitt, author of her new book Willis Wilbur Wows the World and the Commander in Cheese series to name a few, spoke to the 2nd and 3rd grade classes. She talked about how she became an author, the process of writing a book, and what her life is like as an author. She started with a love a reading from the 2nd/3rd grade on, and was inspired by books that she read in elementary such as Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Clearly, The BFG by Roald Dahl, and Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson.

Meeting authors, virtually or in-person, encourages students to read and write, and gives them a personal connection to their books!  ​

​Here are last year’s authors - Click on their links to find out more: 
4th & 5th
Alda P. Dobbs
Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
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TK-1st
Jennifer Jackson & Miry Whitehill
Our World is a Family

2nd & 3rd
 Lindsey Leavitt
Willis Wilbur Wows the World
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Thank you to Emily Barth Isler, author of Aftermath for middle schoolers and grownups, for hosting the sessions.

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STEVENSON ELEMENTARY
3333 W Oak Street
​Burbank, CA 91505
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Phone: 818-729-5700

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Weekdays 8 am - 4 pm