Author Visits
The School District of Elmbrook in partnership with our Outstanding Community Partner award-winner Boswell Book Company is committed to providing students with unique and engaging opportunities to foster creativity in reading and writing.
Upcoming Visits
Previous District Author Visits
Author Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic visited Burleigh Elementary on Thursday, October 10, to speak to 170 third graders. Her visit was in promotion of her new children’s book Daphne Draws Data, and included a graph-drawing activity with high school students from Elmbrook’s LAUNCH Future Teachers strand. Cole’s book uses fun, colorful adventures with Daphne the Dragon to show young learners how data can be visualized to solve problems.
Best-selling and award-winning author Loren Long visited Brookfield Elementary on Wednesday, October 2, to speak with over 350 students and staff from Brookfield Elementary School. His visit celebrated the release of his latest children’s book, The Yellow Bus, which explores themes of joy, purpose, and companionship told through the life of a school bus.
Best-selling and Newbery Award-winning author Katherine Applegate visited Brookfield East on Wednesday, May 15 to speak to 400 students, families, and staff from Elmbrook and surrounding communities.
Elmbrook hosted author Lisa Yee and author/illustrator Dan Santat at Brookfield Elementary on Wednesday, January 10 as they presented to a full library. They visited in promotion of their new book The Misfits which was just released on January 2. Yee is a Newbery Honor Winner and Santat is a 2023 National Book Award Winner for Young People’s Literature and 2015 Caldecott Medal Winner! Their engaging and hilarious presentation centered around how they started in their professions, how to draw and write creatively, and their long-time collaboration efforts.