BookBreak Testimonials and the Positive Impacts of Author Talks
BookBreak’s virtual author talk subscribers have shared their experiences on how our program has impacted their students in a positive way. From saving them time with lesson planning, and getting their students excited about reading books to enhancing their writing skills, these educators have seen how the BookBreak program is helping their students build literacy skills for their future, and to become more regular readers.
We hope you enjoy reading about how our virtual author talk program is helping schools!
“Our classroom has been enjoying the BookBreaks and meeting all of the wonderful favored authors of their favorite books, to realize they are a real-life person who embarked on the same writing processes as themselves has improved their own writing hugely not to mention the benefits to students' writing development. Students are feeling connections and they understand the values, characters, or themes of a literary work, which helps them to understand the author and processes of becoming an author. These BookBreaks have developed and enriched my students' love of reading.”
“BookBreak has been amazing for my students. How could we have access to so many wonderful writers if it wasn't for this wonderful program? Every time I have shared the visit with my students, I had to do a lottery drawing with the students' names to figure out who would borrow the author's book first!”
“The BookBreak program has been such a new way to connect our readers with real-life authors in real time! Our students look forward to these each month and are motivated to do activities around them!“
“BookBreak has been a terrific addition to our school resources. Seeing Jeff Kinney live would have been next to impossible. However, with BookBreak, we were able to see him speak and draw live!”
“BookBreak is an incredible opportunity for my students to access their favorite authors in our very own classroom! They get so excited to learn about the process of writing a book and we look forward to these BookBreaks so much. As a teacher, I appreciate that my students can further develop this love for reading and writing through the voices of authors that they already enjoy.”
“What a treat! Our students are inspired by these authors/illustrators to pursue their writing/drawing endeavors. We so appreciate the effort and organization of the BookBreak team to bring us such quality sessions. We can't wait to see what next year brings!”
“Students LOVE the author talks on BookBreak... This is such a great opportunity for my students to see and meet authors they would normally never see or meet. Maxson is so very thankful for BookBreak and their AMAZING STAFF!”
“My third graders love participating in BookBreak! Hearing from authors they have enjoyed reading is exciting for them. They love listening to the author read a favorite excerpt from the book, and think it's neat to learn where an author gets his/her idea for their book.”
“BookBreak has been a wonderful addition to our library program. My students love hearing about each author and being able to relate to them when they share memories from when they were elementary students!”
