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- Chester Comix began in 2003, but the character has been around since Earth Day in 1995! www.chestercomix.com
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Revolutionary CityCreated about 2 weeks ago
Back to BostonCreated about 3 weeks ago
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- Chester makes it into the Times-Picayune! 11:33am Mar 16
- Doodling helps your memory! 4:38am Feb 28|1 Comment
- Help Chester Take A Test! 4:24pm Feb 25
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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 just got delivery of the new Colonial Williamsburg-themed comic book, "Revolutionary City"!!!!!
Chester Comix had a nice book signing at the Marine Corps Museum in Quantico yesterday -- and gave sample comix to a Massachusetts 5th-grade teacher who was standing on the train station platform with us this morning!
http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1236974531195180.xml&coll=1 That's the link to the whole story that ran Sunday from Teddie Shriner, who saw part of my show on the Family Literacy Night in Louisiana...
Chester Comix got a last round of edits from Colonial Williamsburg for the "Revolutionary CIty" comic and will spend the rainy weekend cleaning up the pages to go to print!!
Chester Comix had a great time trading ideas with students in Mandeville, LA -- they came up with stuff I've never heard of before!
Chester Comix is about to go to Louisiana to talk about Author's Purpose with middle schoolers!
Here's a study that confirms what I've always known for myself and what I'm hearing young teachers say to me when I speak to them about their work. Doodling in the back of class was once a high crime, but many teachers now see how it helps many students concentrate...
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Cool! Thanks, Brian -- that's EXACTLY what I'm doing today -- putting sample packets out to all the car museums across the nation! I didn't know about the archway museum, tho, so I'll add that to the list.
At this point in my biz (6th anniversary this month!) I plan books that will have a strong sale across both schools and museum gift shops. "Moving and Grooving" fits that pattern, as does the Lincoln biography I'm hoping to have out by Memorial Day for the summertime visitation that should spike because this is the 200th anniversary of his birth.
Teachers have also been putting in a lot of requests for a World War 1 book -- but I know of only one big WW1 museum in the U.S. Anyone know of museums that cover that war???
February 9 at 6:51am · Report
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www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_s
Here's the link to a story the San Marcos (TX) Daily Record did on me as an advancer to a book signing I'm doing there today! A few blips -- they misspelled famed cartoonist Al Capp's name and made up a few quotes (JOURNALISTS!!!! RRRGH!) -- but thank goodness they quoted Bill Cosby correctly!! ;-)
January 23 at 4:55am · Report
RECENT ACTIVITY
Chester Comix changed their Founded.
Chester Comix discussed Who is your favorite biography? on the Chester Comix discussion board.
The teachers guides for Civil War vol. 1 and Civil War vol. 2 are also here now. I’ve finished handing out the printed versions of those, so now you can get all those activities, literacy lessons and quizzes in the free .pdf file for them posted in the Free Teachers Guides section. As I run through the printed guides, I’ll make that content available here as a free download!
And in a few weeks I’ll have a teachers guide up for this month’s new comic, “Revolutionary City.” Stay tuned!