Mrs. Catanese's class writes about visiting author

Today we had a visitor. Gary Bower was the author. Jan Bower was the illustrator. Gary Bower wrote 6 books so far. I think he is working on 2. One of the books is called I'm a Michigan Kid! It takes him many hours to write a good book. He can rewrite the story many times. ...Louise

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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

Gary Bower wote 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

Today Gary Bower came to Onekama School. Some people ordered his books. Gary Bower wrote six books. He rewrites his stories a lot. It was a lot of fun. ...Tucker	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	On March 13th we had a ather visit us. His name is Gary Bower. His wifes name is Jan Bower. He has 12 children. He rote 6 books. He has 9 girls and 3 boys. Braden
Gary Bower is a author. His wife is a illustrator. He wrote six books. You should always be prepared. His wife paints a lot of drawings. I liked him because he told us about making books. ...Ashley K.	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 storys a lot. He has written six books. ...Devin T., grade 2-3	Today Gary Bower came to Onekama. He came here to talk to us about his job. He is an author. His wife, Jan Bower, illistrates his books. Gary has written six books so far. The first book he has written was Tessa's Treasures. The last book he has written was I'm a Michigan Kid. I had a great time listening to him because he was really peppy. ...Janique
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	Gary Bower came to our school today. He is an author. He has written 6 books. Mr. Bower said to be prepared to write a story. It takes many hours to think of a story. ...Teddy	This morning an auther from Michigan came in. His name is Gary Bower. He showed us slide clips. Gary Bower told us you havft to rite a story many times to make it perfect. Gary is the auther and Jan Bower is the illustrator. ...Megan
Today we got to see Gary Bower. He wrote I'm a Michigan Kid. He rewrites his story's a lot of times before he published them He wrote six books. His wife drew the pictures. He has 12 kids. He has a daughter that is drawing pictures in a coloring book. He has nine girls and 3 boys. ...Alyssan	On March 13, we had a visitor. His name was Gary Bower. He is an Author. He wrote six books. One of the Books is Ives Icicle. ...Elijah	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
Gary is an an author of six books and his wife Jan Bower is the illustrater of six books. Gary told us that you have to have lots of ideas to write a good story. He also said to rewrite our storys to be good writers. He taught us about drawing too. He was a really nice person. ...Cheyenne Gary Bower is the author. Jan Bower is the illustrator. He rote 6 books. He rote a new book called I'm a Michigan Kid. ...Somer	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.	It was fun because I love art and listening to stories. It takes a long time to publish a book. It is still very fun. ...Katie More About Gary Bower Mrs. Catanese's Home Page for 2005-2006