The only thing I like just about as much as a good school visit
is the letters I get after a good school visit.
There is often some very fine crayon art and a good number of exclamation points.
There is often humor.
There is often wisdom.
There is always love.
Dear Liz,
I learnd a crown is a pretty plase, like the top of my head or the top of a leafe tree.
I am gunna be looking for that book All the World!
Thank you.
From, Rowan
Dear Liz,
I learned that it can take muns and some times years to finish a book.
Your books gave me ideas for a book I mit write and ilastrate.
It was exiding having you here.
From Darcy
Dear Liz,
I learnd that your editor hleps you fix mistakx and you have to go to your offic and fix your mustak agean.
And agean.
And agean.
And finaleey, the editor sied yes!
You finoleey did it!
Love Kim
See what I mean?
Sweet!
Rena
I think so, too!
Adorable!
And divine!
sweet, adorable and more
Writing as the teacher (and oh how I miss being the visiting poet), those letters are beyond sweet and adorable–they show us which, of all the words we said and moves we made during a lesson, stuck with each child and how. They’re like the reviews of our books that we wait breathlessly for, that teach us how to do it better next time.
I’m loving your blog and will try to get here more often! Thanks, Liz.