The seventeenth Greenwood School AuthorFest will take place this week, as we welcome two of our previous author-illustrators back to our school for virtual visits:
On Wednesday, April 28th, grades 3 & 4 will be inspired by Matt Tavares.
On Thursday, April 29th, Kindergarten and grades 1 & 2 will be captivated by Scott Magoon.
Read more about these talented, award-winning authors below.
Matt Tavares — grades 3 & 4, Wednesday, April 28th
Matt Tavares was born in Boston, and grew up surrounded by books and reading. From the time he was very young, his mother read to him every night, and his family made countless trips to the public library. Years later, as a studio at major at Bates College, he rediscovered his love for picture books, and decided to try to make his own.
For his senior thesis project, Matt wrote and illustrated a story called Sebastian's Ball, about a boy who caught a magic foul ball at a Boston Red Sox game. Three years later, after much revision, Sebastian's Ball became Zachary's Ball, Matt's first published picture book. Zachary's Ball went on to win an Oppenheim Gold Seal Award, a Massachusetts Book Award Honor, and was named one of Yankee Magazine's 40 Classic New England Children's Books. Most recently, Matt wrote and illustrated Dasher; and illustrated A Ben of All Trades: The Most Inventive Boyhood of Benjamin Franklin and Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Learn more about Matt and his books at matttavares.com.
Scott Magoon—Kindergarten, Grade 1 & Grade 2, Thursday, April 29th
A native New Englandah, Scott has been writing and illustrating books for young readers since 2003. Scott loves putting words and pictures together for kids. As a young reader himself in the 1970s, he likes to remind himself what it was like to experience books as a child. Some of Scott’s books are edgy, others are funny, others take on serious topics difficult to face. But all of them have a singular core message: hope that all will be well.
Most recently, Scott wrote and illustrated Linus the Little Yellow Pencil; and illustrated Where is My Balloon? and Misunderstood Shark: Friends Don’t Eat Friends.
Learn more about Scott and his books at scottmagoon.com.
