 Ted
Dunagan, named 2009 Georgia Author of
the Year in the young adult category for his debut novel, A Yellow Watermelon.
The sequel to this novel, Secret of the Satilfa, was published in 2010, and has
also been nominated for the same award. The third in the series, Trouble on the
Tombigbee, is due to be published in August of 2011. Dunagan has conducted well
over 100 author events and presented to almost 8,000 elementary and middle
school students. He also writes news, sports, features and a weekly column for
The Monticello News, in Monticello, Georgia, where he lives. |
 Mike
Graf is a former classroom teacher and TV weatherman. He knows how to speak to children and his assemblies are highly engaging and informative. Mike has written over 70 books for children and teachers. Mike’s presentations include personally-experienced, gripping tales about scorpion encounters, flash floods, dinosaur digs, wolf sightings, bears encounters, cave rescues and explorations, thunderstorms and lightning strikes, tornado chasing, national parks adventures, rock-climbing and many other subjects. He also presents information on weather, the writing process, and how to create great stories. |