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Popular children’s book author Jerry Pallotta will make a return visit Thousand Oaks Elementary School on Friday, December 14th. Jerry is well known for his very informative and entertaining alphabet books on many different nonfiction topics. Jerry challenges students to read a zillion books to learn more about the world around them. Jerry shares his enthusiasm for researching new topics and encourages students to share what they have learned through writing. Jerry hasn’t written a zillion books yet, but there are quite a number to choose from including: The Icky bug Alphabet Book, The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book, The Butterfly Alphabet Book, The Jet Alphabet Book, The U.S. Navy Alphabet Book, Ocean Counting Odd Numbers, and Crayon Count by 2’s.

Jerry will autograph all titles purchased by students and teachers. Look for the book order form that will be due prior to November 30^th.

Visiting authors and story tellers that have visited Thousand Oaks in the past are:
Laurie Knowlton	2006-2007
April Sayre	2006-2007
Suzy Kline	2005-2006
Joe Hayes	2005-2006
Lucas Miller	2004-2005
Susan Stevens Crummel	2004-2005
Robert J. Blake	2004-2005
Paul Epner	2003-2004 and 1999-2000
Gail Gibbons	2003-2004
Pam Munoz Ryan	2002-2003
John Erickson	2002-2003
Jerry Pallotta	2001-2002
Jose Aruego	2000-2001 and 1997-1998 and 1992-1993
Douglas Florian	2000-2001
Dan Gutman	1999-2000
Joe Hayes	1998-1999
Loreen Leedy	1997-1998
Diane Stanley	1997-1998
Rafe Martin	1996-1997
Alice McLerran	1996-1997
Eric Kimmel	1995-1996
Tom Birdseye	1994-1995
John Erickson	1993-1994
Finley Stewart	1992-1993
Steven Kellogg	1991-1992
Marc Brown	1990-1991

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This page was updated: 11/13/07