Friday, April 30 - John Coy

Join us for our first event in a new Author Study Series.  On Friday, April 30, John Coy, will share his books, his inspiration and his craft. During the afternoon workshop, John will assist small grade-level groups in developing an author study to take back to their schools.  Participants will receive two author study templates, one for teachers and one for students.  Registration is limited to 32 participants. 

John Coy is the author of the picture books Night Driving, Strong to the Hoop, Vroomaloom Zoom, Two Old Potatoes and Me, and Around the World. Strong to the Hoop is also available in Spanish as Directo Al Aro and Two Old Potatoes and Me is available in Chinese.

John is a member of the NBA Reading All-Star Team as part of the Read to Achieve program. Crackback, his first young adult novel,is about high school football and his second, Box Out, is about high school basketball.

He is working on a middle-grade series and the first book, Top of the Order, was published in March 2009. He lives in Minneapolis and visits schools nationally and internationally.

BICA MN Author Study Series

Key Dates

April

30  John Coy - Roseville, MN

September

24  Mary Casanova - Roseville, MN

watch for additional authors soon 

Participant Comments

"Today was a good use of my time. It was fascinating to hear the process that an author goes through to get published."

"I especially appreciated the conversation about boys and reading."

"I think the author study will help my students to be more patient with the craft of writing."

"I hope I can come back in the fall!"

"It was wonderful - very refreshing and inspiring."

"I really think that this will help me to plan for teaching my students."

"The actual lesson plan and showing us how to include the standards were most important."