Trouble Funding Poets? Here's an Idea!

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Main Author: McGown, Sue
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Published: 2007
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contents Trouble Funding Poets? Here's an Idea! McGown, Sue Poetry Poets Fund Raising Financial Support Authors Young Children Writing Skills Writing (Composition) Childrens Literature In this article, the author gives some ideas on how to find funding for author and poet visits. Author and poet visits are very important for children of all ages. Young children learn much from meeting real people who write professionally. Good speakers inspire students to write and communicate in an articulate manner while in school and later in life as adults. It offers them the option of becoming professional writers themselves. Young people are stimulated to read more when they have met an author or poet face-to-face. In many schools, however, the challenge is to find funding for these visits. One method is to sell books written by the visiting author, and then use the profits to fund the presentation. Another popular fund raiser is school-wide book fairs, where the proceeds can be used for author visits.
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spellingShingle Trouble Funding Poets? Here's an Idea!
McGown, Sue
Poetry
Poets
Fund Raising
Financial Support
Authors
Young Children
Writing Skills
Writing (Composition)
Childrens Literature
Trouble Funding Poets? Here's an Idea! McGown, Sue Poetry Poets Fund Raising Financial Support Authors Young Children Writing Skills Writing (Composition) Childrens Literature In this article, the author gives some ideas on how to find funding for author and poet visits. Author and poet visits are very important for children of all ages. Young children learn much from meeting real people who write professionally. Good speakers inspire students to write and communicate in an articulate manner while in school and later in life as adults. It offers them the option of becoming professional writers themselves. Young people are stimulated to read more when they have met an author or poet face-to-face. In many schools, however, the challenge is to find funding for these visits. One method is to sell books written by the visiting author, and then use the profits to fund the presentation. Another popular fund raiser is school-wide book fairs, where the proceeds can be used for author visits.
title Trouble Funding Poets? Here's an Idea!
topic Poetry
Poets
Fund Raising
Financial Support
Authors
Young Children
Writing Skills
Writing (Composition)
Childrens Literature
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