What fourth and fifth grade students recently had to say about Skyping with author Dean Pitchford

Recently, Dean Pitchford, author of THE BIG ONE-OH, NICKEL BAY NICK and CAPTAIN NOBODY (all published by Penguin/Putnam), as well as FOOTLOOSE, Skyped with fourth and fifth grade students at Fernbrook Elementary School in Maple Grove, Minnesota. This is how the students thanked him!

Some of the kids also wrote poems after the chat. Here are a few:

Sneaky daring Sam

Walking through deep piles of snow

Making people’s lives great

By Grant V.

Sneaky

A bit annoying

Maybe he’ll be nice.

By Victoria S.

Nobody

Inquisitive

Cool

Kaleidoscopic

Elusive

Lucky

Boy

Awesome

Youngest

Narcissistic

Idealistic

Cagey

Keen

By Hamiltan S.

And finally, we also wanted to share what some of the kids had to say. "I really liked your voice impressions from NICKEL BAY NICK," said Ian, "and I also hope that you can make a movie out of it soon. And I'm kind of wondering if you're going to make another book and what it's going to be about. Thank you." Matthew added, "I loved, I loved, loved, loved CAPTAIN NOBODY!" And our favorite comment came from Alexander: "Please write another book so we can have more, more delightful times."

If you would like to have your students have delightful times Skyping with Dean Pitchford, just contact Balkin Buddies. We'll be happy to help set up a chat.