Author Jill Esbaum

On February 24th we were lucky to welcome author Jill Esbaum to our school! We spent most of February preparing for her visit by reading lots of her books and decorating the library. It was so fun to finally meet her! Jill is an Iowan author, which makes it even more exciting. She has around 25 books published and has more on the way. It was fun to hear how she gets to work writing National Geographic books, which is a dream job of mine! It's always fun to learn about someone else's profession.

Here are some snapshots from the day:

A group of 4th graders were selected by their peers to have lunch with Ms. Esbaum. 

Jill showed some pictures of her life to our 3rd & 4th grade students.

Mrs. Mehmen and one of her friends are enjoying listening to Jill read one of her new books.

Here are the Kindergarteners after Jill read her new book that isn't even out yet!

We really loved having Ms. Esbaum come speak and are looking forward to hearing from more authors in the future! A special thanks to our amazing PTO for all of their support!