Author Visit - Young Authors' Conference Marquette, Michigan

Author Visit - Young Author's Conference in Marquette, Michigan

Author Visit - Young Author's Conference in Marquette, Michigan

Latest Book just released!

Book Description

When Toby Tibbles opens an amazing birthday present he gets more than he ever could have imagined. Little Robot is very helpful...sometimes too much. One thing leads to another and before they know it, Little Robot and Toby are having a VERY BIG adventure. Along the way Toby discovers that what he really got for his birthday was the best friend anyone could ask for. This is the first book in a new series.

Skype Visit: Crafton Elementary School in Pittsburgh.

Recent Skype Visit with Crafton Elementary School in Pittsburgh.

Upcoming Author Visits

Tomorrow (Feb 23rd) I'll be at New Eagle Elementary School in Wayne, PA. Next week I'll be at Gillette Elem in Long Hill NJ on Tuesday, Fort Cherry Elem Center in McDonald, PA, on Wednesday,  at Mars Primary Center in Mars, PA on Thursday, and at John Kunkel Elem. Middletown PA on Friday. Then on March 9th I'll be at H.C. Burgard Elementary School in Manheim PA. More Spring visits beyond that as well. Much laughter will ensue, then I shall collapse in a heap.

Writing-for-children workshop offered

Upcoming workshop this weekend. Walk-ins will be welcome.

Writing-for-children workshop offered

Still going strong!

Now in it's 17th printing!!! Hooooo-ray!

I was honored to be the presenter at the Buck A Book Kick Off Event January 23rd, 2012

Writing-for-children workshop offered

Writing-for-children workshop offered

November 2nd Visit

Will also be visiting Manheim Township Public Library November 2nd:  presentation time is 4:30 - 5:15. Hope to see some familiar faces there!

Upcoming Author Visit.

On  November 2nd I'll be visiting Bucher Elementary in Manheim Township School District, PA. Looking forward to it.

Wonderful Sendak Designed Animation from Sesame Street

I absolutely love the expressiveness in the narrator's voice! I also love it when an animation studio can really grasp and mimic the style of an illustrator and bring it to life in a way that really captures the essence of the illustrator's work. This one definitely does that.

Author Visit Fink Elementary

On March 1, I visited the Lyall J. Fink Elementary School in Middletown. Fun! Fun! Fun!

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Author visits Fayetteville school students - Chambersburg Public Opinion

Author visits Fayetteville school students - Chambersburg Public Opinion

Lots of Author Visits in March

Lots of Author Visits coming up for the month of March. March 1st I'll be at Fink Elementary in Middletown PA, March 2nd at Monroe Elementary in Boiling Springs PA, March 4th at Ironton Elementary in Coplay PA, March 9th at Croman Elementary in Troy PA, March 29th at Concord Elementary in Glen Mills PA, and to top it all off March 30th I'll be speaking at KSU's Annual Conference on Literature for Children and Young Adults at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw GA. A fun and busy month ahead!

Author visits galore!

Every time I do an author visit I make new friends. Most of the time I make friends with kids and teachers, but recently I visited East Hanover Elementary as part of a district wide visit, and I made a new friend who wasn't even human. Perhaps I should have said that I had a new friend made for me? A really cool full size robot based on my book “The Robobots.” My overall experience at Lower Dauphin was really great. I was able to visit my brother in law’s school. He’s the principal at Nye Elementary. I also visited South Hanover, Conewago, and Londonderry Elementary Schools. The librarians and teachers did a great job preparing the kids for the visits. Great questions, even from the littlest ones, and they all seemed excited to learn a little bit about how books are created, from idea to completion. Fun! Fun! Fun!

RECENT AUTHOR VISITS

Had a great time this past week visiting all the kids and teachers in the Lower Dauphin School District. Even got to spend some time with my brother in law (and elementary school principal) Mr. Doug Winner at his school, Nye Elementary in Hummelstown. Will be wrapping up my visits to that district Wednesday Nov 10th at East Hanover Elementary.

Updated Website!

At long last I have updated my website to reflect my most current books. Not really a big change by any means but long overdue. Phew! www.mattnovak.com

Twelve Snails now in its 16th printing

Hooray! Just been informed that "Twelve Snails to One Lizard" keeps on teaching kids about measurement in a fun way. Now in it's 16th printing!