Making history interesting for reluctant readers!
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- Chester Comix began in 2003, but the character has been around since Earth Day in 1995! www.chestercomix.com
Favorite Pages
Photos
2 of 33 albumsSee All
Rough drafts of Homeschool All-StarsUpdated about a week ago
An Author's TravelsUpdated about 2 weeks ago
Notes
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- New Ideas from an Author's Purpose Talk in Virginia Beach 6:10am Oct 15|1 Comment
- Revolutionary City podcast 11:14pm Jul 27|2 Comments
- Chester makes it into the Times-Picayune! 11:33am Mar 16
Events
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- Colonial Williamsburg book sig...
Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center
Sunday, February 17 at 3:00pm - Author's Purpose talk in Virgi...
Kempsville Elementary
Wednesday, February 13 at 8:00am
Chester Comix Here's a great article about comix and literacy! I try to make the link between picture books and comix in all my public talks - if reading Dr. Seuss to preschoolers is good for literacy, comix for third- and fourth-graders can be just as good!
Source: www.sciencedaily.com
ScienceDaily (Nov. 6, 2009) Although comics have been published in newspapers since the 1890s, they still get no respect from some teachers and librarians, despite their current popularity among adults. ...
Chester Comix Here's the Homeschool All-Stars deal: coming out in early December as a HARDCOVER (my first!) sold exclusively thru the holiday season on this website, the Homeschool Buyer's Co-op. It's a great site that has sold a lot of my comix for the past 14 months. Join up so you can get a great deal on a signed copy of the book! (Paperback copies with fewer biographies will follow in January or February)
Source: www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org
The Homeschool Buyers Co-op is the nation's largest purchasing cooperative for homeschooling families. Membership is free and private. We make homeschooling more affordable with exclusive member discounts, and group purchases, free curriculum and more.
Chester Comix is chugging along on coloring the pages for Homeschool All-Stars --- see the comix cover and the finished page for Ansel Adams in the updated photo album for the book!
Chester Comix Here are four pages of the comic book I've been rough drafting this summer. Each page will be dedicated to a brief look at the childhood of a famous person who was homeschooled in some way.
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One of the teachers who brought her class to see me at James Madison's Montpelier for Constitution Day '09 sent me this snapshot! I am on the porch of Madison's beautiful home after speaking to the kids and the gathered public -- I loved being between the Constitution and President Madison himself (played so well by Jo...hn Douglas Hall). I'm such a history geek - this really was one of the most thrilling things I've done in my work to bring powdered wig history alive for today's students! I MEAN IT!!!!Read More
Every time I speak to students about my work as an author, I end the session as fired up as they are...
Chester Comix Is signing now at the Barnes n Noble in Merchants Square! Come to the awesome farmer's market n stop in to say hi
Chester Comix cool! Just finished drawing a one-page bio of painter Andrew Wyeth for my Homeschool All-Stars comic coming out this holiday season -- I loved visiting the Wyeth museum in Chadds Ford, PA, with my sons 4 years ago and hope this page is a small repayment to the awesome art the Wyeths have given us!
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My son Truman and I went camping at Fort Story in Virginia Beach with his Boy Scout troop in September 2009. The theme of the campout was a daylong Scout Games competition, but I hoped to get to the historic lighthouses on the base -- I had never been, but I had heard tell that some Chester Comix could be found in the ...gift shop there. But this was as close as I got. I was brazenly distracted by an awesome game of beach football with the guys!!!!!! Oh well, history another time . . .Read More
Chester Comix is looking forward to giving three chalk talks to students visiting Montpelier (the home of James Madison) next Thursday for Constitution Day! Come by for an afternoon booksigning if you're roaming north of Charlottesville!
Chester Comix As a native of north central Ohio, I had no experience with the beautiful Ohio River. So I took a day to wander along the waterway and found some great stories of antebellum Ohio.
Chester Comix just got in reprints of two titles! War for Independence is the first Chester Comix to hit four printings! And GOVERNMENT comes in the nice Civics gift set that includes American Symbols, Comix Economix and Moving and Grooving Transportation! Call for comix!
Chester Comix is going to sign comix out at Historic Jamestowne on the island today, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.! Come on out - it's free admission for families!
Chester Comix Here are four pages of the comic book I've been rough drafting this summer. Each page will be dedicated to a brief look at the childhood of a famous person who was homeschooled in some way.
