school visit days

It's March and it's my school visit month. I've (perhaps unwisely) filled my month with traveling and visiting schools. Would you like to know what does a typical school visit presentation entail? Well, this is how my  "How a Book is Made" presentation usually goes (from a recent local visit):

First, a lovely welcome:

isn't this cute? this is also encouraging because it tells me the students are enthusiastic and knowledgeable about my books 

Then a short intro about my work and making sure students know the difference between a published book and non-published book:

Next, I go through the steps of publishing, calling up students in the audience to play the parts of editor, art director, etc:

Until I show all the steps it takes to make a published book:

Then, I read a short excerpt from one of my published books:

And then--my favorite part-- teaching the students how to draw a dragon:

And that is the presentation! This is the presentation I usually do for 1-3 graders, I do completely different ones for the older grades. However, I'll be doing this quite a bit this month!