Michigan Author, Gary Bower, Visits Onekama
I think that I’m a Michigan Kid is a great book because it shows kids parts of Michigan. The author is Gary Bower. His wife is the illustrator Jan Bower. They have 12 kids of their own. They showed 21 kids in the I’m a Michigan Kid. They used some of their own kids in the story. …Julie L, grade 3
It is hard to be an author. It takes a long time to make a book. A book has to have a lot of details. In some books there are no pictures. Mr. Bower likes to walk. …Kamryn, grade 2

It takes a long time to rite a story. It can take a year to rite a story. Sometimes it can take two years. You can mess up. …Ethan H, grade 2

I learned that when you make a book it takes a very long time. Mrs. Bower does the pitchers and Mr. Bower does the writing. Mr. Bower has 12 kids. I think that is a lot. I really like to read and I like to draw pictures a lot. I think all Mr. Bower’s stories will be good. They look like good book’s …Mackenzie, grade 2
At school we had a visit from an author. His name was Gary Bower. He has 12 kids. He was very nice to all of us. He showed us some of his books. The books are I’m a Michigan Kid!, Tessa’s Treasures, Ivy’s Icicles, Cody’s Castle, and Wyatt’s Wagon. He showed us a short slide show. It was fun. Oh, I almost forgot, his wife is the illustrator of the books and her name is Jan Bower. …Hanah G, grade 3 Gary Bower has 12 kids. So it’s pretty hard to get peace and quiet around the house. Sometimes it takes him hours to come up with an idea. And sometimes it takes him years to make the story sound just right. Plus Gary Bower really inspired me to become and author. …Kayla F., grade 3
Mr. Bower is cool and owsum. I learned that we have to take care of Michigan. …Tara, grade 2

Mr. Bower taught me to be an author. I will be a grate writer. I will not let Mr. Bower down. I like Mr. Bower a lot. Authors never give up. …Keith, grade 2

Gary Bower rote six books. One was I'm A Michigan kid. It took him hours to think of an idea. ...Brandin, grade 2-3

Kick-off Breakfast

To be an author is when you write a story. And you need to think. You need pease and quiet. You need to practice and practice and practice a lot. Then when you are good at it you can make a book. Then if you want to you can make a nuther book. You are going to do it again and it is going to take a year. …Alexa, grade 2

Mrs. Catanese's students write about Michigan breakfast

Today an author came to the school. His name was Gary Bower. His illustrator is Jan Bower. He showed us his books. He showed us some clips. He showed us about this wife and his kids. He even showed us about how he made the books. Al of us asked him stuff. He told us all kinds of reasons why we are lucky to be in Michigan. ….Gerald E, grade 3

I learned about Mr. Bower that he has written 7 books. Mr. Bower likes piece and quiet. I learned being an author takes a lot of work. Mr. Bower taught us to get ideas. I liked all of Mr. Bower’s books. Mr. Bower’s wife is the illustrator. She is an artist. Mr. Bower gets ideas when he takes walks. Mr. Bower has 11 kids. Mr. Bower likes kids. He goes around Michigan. He puts kids that he sees in books. …Matt H, grade 2
Today we saw an author. His name is Gary Bower. He was selling pastports for $3. I bought one. They are thin. His wife made the pictures. I liked them because they had a lot of color in them. Gary Bower would call on the people that were quiet. He showed us slide shows. He has twelve kids. Nine of them were girls. Two were boys. Gary Bower had to write a story in his car because he had noisy kids. ...Logan, grade 2-3

Gary Bower wrote 6 books. It takes many hours to think of a story. Jan Bower drew the pictures. He has 12 children. We read I'm a Michigan Kid. I think he likes books a lot ...Andrew C., grade 2-3

This morning an author named Gary Bower came to our school. He told us about his books. He has many hours to think of a book. He rewrites his stories a lot. He has written six books. ...Devin T., grade 2-3

Today Gary Bower came to visit us. Gary is the author of I'm a Michigan Kid, Tessa's treasure, Wyatt's wagan, Ivy's Iceicle, Cody Castel. Jan Bower illustrated all those books. He said, you have to write it over and over again to make it Perfect. I bought I'm a Michigan Kid for $17. ...Jon, grade 2-3

Today a lot of classes went to see an Amazing Authur. The name of the Authur was Gary Bower. Gary Bower was an authur, but his wife was the Illustrater. Gary and his wife work together to make books. They have got six books published. The names of the books are Ivy's Icicle, Cody's Castle, Wyatts Wagon, Tessa's Treasure, I am a Michigan Kid and I am a Michigan Kid Official Passport. Gary said if you are going on a trip you should have a pad of paper and a pencil. Just incase you want to write about something. PS Mrs. Bower's paintings are beautiful. ...Meredith H., grade 2-3

Today I'm riting about Gary Bower. He made 6 books. Jan Bower made the pitchers in his books. Gary Bower had to spend hours and hours to think of an idea for a book. Gary Bower told us to always be prepared. So take a pencil and paper to write down whatever you come up with. ...Alexis, grade 2-3

More writing about Mr. Bower

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