Visiting Author - Day 2

By day two word had gotten around and the kids were excited to meet our visiting author! I was hoping they would still be surprised by the surprises in the drawings, and they were! It was only the very last class of the day that was guessing ahead of time.

This is an interesting animal!

Old man or grumpy baby?  Depends on how you hold the clipboard!  :)

Mr. D made a surprise appearance with the 5th graders.

Mr. Burns stopped by and the 3rd graders LOVED it!  Many of them chose to draw along.

Mr. Burns was a good sport! :)

A great caricature of Mr. D!

Mr. Gurney was kind enough to host a special lunch group for some of the kids who were interested in learning more.  We had lunch, chatted, and then he led them in a fun drawing activity.

The kids were excited for the opportunity to talk with Mr. Gurney and get tips on how to improve their illustrations.

Adding color to the disco ball.

A monster of some sort, running a race.

I'm so pleased that we got this opportunity to invite John Steven Gurney to DBS.  The feedback from the students and teachers was outstanding!  I hope to do this again in the future.  I have several author/illustrators in mind. :)