Past Authors

Bruce Lanksy

2009: Bruce Lansky

Appearances (at Lenoir-Rhyne):

P.E. Monroe Auditorium
April 14, 2009

For the 2009 school year, all second-graders in Catawba County’s three school systems studied If Pigs Could Fly and Other Deep Thoughts By Bruce Lansky, the “King of Giggle Poetry.”

On April 4, the author visited Hickory to talk about his work and to hold a book signing event. Immediately after the event, 180 students from the three school districts were recognized for the poetry and artwork that they created after studying Lansky’s books.

More than 2 million copies of Lansky’s books have been sold, including “Mary Had a Little Jam” and “If Kids Ruled the School.” He is the creator of the Web site www.gigglepoetry.com, which encourages children to read and write poetry.

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Jon Scieszka

2008: Jon Scieszka

Appearances (at Lenoir-Rhyne):

P.E. Monroe Auditorium
April 12, 2008

Children’s writer of “fractured fairy tales,” Jon Scieszka grew up in Flint, Michigan and attended Culver Military Academy. After graduating, Scieszka studied medicine at Albion College; however, he abruptly changed career paths when he left Albion and enrolled in classes at Columbia University where he pursued his M.F.A. Scieszka, following in the footsteps of his father, began teaching and has worked with children between first and eighth grades. He began writing children’s books, telling off-the-wall tales and adding twists to traditional stories, in 1994. His first book, The Stinky Cheese Man won the 1994 Rhode Island Children’s Book Award and Georgia’s Children’s Choice Award in 1997. The work of Scieszka and his illustrator Lane Smith is notable because it appeals to a broad audience of both adults and children. Scieszka currently lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife and two children.

Publications:
Science Verse (2004)
It’s All Greek to Me (2001)
Summer Reading is Killing Me (2000)
The Real Story of the Three Little Pigs (1996)
Math Curse (1995)

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Christopher Paul Curtis

2007: Christopher Paul Curtis

Appearances (at Lenoir-Rhyne):

* Little Read Family Fun Festival March 24, 2007
* P.E. Monroe Auditorium, March 24, 2007

Publications:

* The Watsons Go to Birmingham (Published 1995)
* Bud, Not Buddy (Published 2004)
* Bucking the Sarge (Published 2004)
* Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money

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