Children's Author Visits Todd Elementary School

From Briarcliff Manor School District: Todd Elementary School’s second- and third-graders are at the perfect age to start their writing careers, according to children’s fiction author Kate Klise, who visited the Briarcliff Manor school recently.

She herself started her writing “career” at a young age, first creating a book for her sister. Despite the fact that it wasn’t a well-received present, she did not give up. Instead, Klise said she persisted by writing and rewriting, while another one of her sisters, who still illustrates her books, also makes many drafts of her pictures.

“You have to do things a lot of times,” Klise shared. “Take your age and divide it by two. That’s my rule – the older you are, the more drafts you have to do.” Klise told students that the three ingredients she mixes up for a perfect book are: “one character, one problem and one adventure.” She invited students to help create stories using these ingredients, which led to stories featuring brazen robbers, silly haircuts and life lessons learned.

Klise read her book “Little Rabbit and the Meanest Mother on Earth,” to conclude her visit with the students. Todd’s author visits are made possible through the support of the PTA.

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