Hi, I’m Shanda! I write and illustrate children’s books and love visiting schools to talk about reading, writing, and drawing!
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Online Events:
I’ve joined up with some amazing kidlit creators to form Kids Meet Authors, offering a FREE online event each month for your classroom to help reinforce what you are already teaching about writing! We are open for registration and questions to answer live! Here are the first 3 sessions:
In-person Events:
I’ll be doing two kids’ events at the Alpharetta Library! Books will be available for purchase/signing afterward.
- 11:00 am, I’m presenting about robots, reading my STEM-friendly picture book, DOLL-E 1.0, and teaching kids to draw the robot from the story!
- 2:00 pm, I’m presenting how words + pictures = MAGIC, reading my STEM-friendly picture book, DOLL-E 1.0, and teaching kids to draw like an illustrator!
Exhibition- Art of the Picture Book: Illustrators are Your Neighbors
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, including artists Mark Braught, R. Gregory Christie, Laura Freeman, Ebony Glenn, Shamar Knight-Justice, Jime Wimmer, Mike Wimmer, Michael Allen Austin, Bill Mayer, Frank Morrison, Mike Lowery, Shanda McCloskey
- The exhibit will be on display from Oct. 2 – Nov. 20
- The Gallery Reception for the Exhibition, Alpharetta Arts Center Nov. 2, 5 – 7 pm
