NOVEMBER 12 - Watermark Books and Cafe Author Visit - Kate DiCamillo

Grades 6-8 are invited to join us Friday, November 12 for a chance to hear from Newbery Author Winner Kate DiCamillo as she shares her newest title The Beatryce Prophecy.

The theme of hope and belief amid impossible circumstances is a common thread in much of Kate DiCamillo’s writing. In her instant #1 New York Times bestseller The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, a haughty china rabbit undergoes a profound transformation after finding himself facedown on the ocean floor—lost, and waiting to be found. The Tale of Despereaux—the Newbery Medal–winning novel that later inspired an animated adventure from Universal Pictures—stars a tiny mouse with exceptionally large ears who is driven by love to become an unlikely hero. And The Magician’s Elephant, an acclaimed and exquisitely paced fable, dares to ask the question, What if?

For more information and the link to the live event, please visit our USD 259 Virtual Author Visit Website.

NOVEMBER 17 - Watermark Books and Cafe Author Visit - Tracey Baptiste

Grades 3-5 are invited to join us on Wednesday, November 17 for a chance to hear about Tracey Babptiste's newest titles African Icons:Ten People Who Shaped History and Looking for a Jumbie.

Tracey Baptiste was born in Trinidad, where she grew up on jumbie stories and fairy tales, and decided to be a writer at the wise old age of three, after her mother bought her an oversized illustrated Grimm’s Fairy Tales. “It was so spellbindingly beautiful, I thought I wanted to live in its pages my entire life.”

Her debut, a young adult novel titled Angel’s Grace, was named one of the 100 best books for reading and sharing by New York City librarians.

For more information and the link to the live event, please visit our USD 259 Virtual Author Visit Website.

DECEMBER 14 - Winter Wonderland Edventure for Grades PreK-12

2021-22 Completed Edventure Recordings Now Available

RECORDINGS NOW AVAILABLE  - Digital Citizenship Edventure for Grades PK-12

Highlights include:

• Personal balance with technologies
• Tips and tricks for online searching
• Interviews with local human resource representatives on what companies look for in digital footprints
• Financial literacy with online shopping
• Securly Internet Filter 101 - How we keep students safe
• Careers in cybersecurity
• And more

For More Details and links to all the recordings can be found at our Visit the Digital Citizenship Edventure Website

RECORDINGS NOW AVAILABLE  - Animal Safari Edventure Day for Grades PK-12

We're excited to partner with our friends at The Sedgwick County Zoo and the Great Plains Nature Center for the 2nd annual Animal Safari EdVenture Day. Thursday, September 30th, we will feature over 15 virtual field trips

• Edventure Schedule
  9:30 Sessions
  • Great Plains Nature Center Animal Program (Grades PK-2)
  • Let's Make Waves and Motion with the Humboldt Penguins (Grades 3-8)
  • Animal Hospital Tour (Grades 6-12)
  10:30 Sessions
  • Great Plains Nature Center Animal Program (Grades PK-2)
  • It's Time to Feed the Animals - a Visit to the Zoo Commissary (Grades 3-12)
  • Animal Enrichment with Dr. Hall (Grades 4-12)
  11:30-12:15 LUNCH AND LEARN Session
  • Golf Cart Safari at the Zoo (All Grades)
  1:00 Sessions
  • Scat Chat (Grades 1-12)
  • You Can Have a Positive Impact on Climate Change (Grades 4-12)
  • Great Plains Nature Center Animal Program (Grades 6-8)
  2:00 Sessions
  • Children's Farm Feeding Encounter (Grades PK-2)
  • Leopards and Other Big Cats (Grades 3-12)
  • Great Plains Nature Center Animal Program (Grades 6-8)
  3:00 Sessions
  • The Tortoise and the Hare: Giant Aldabra Tortoise Encounter (Grades PK-2)
  • Zoo Boat Habitat Tour (Grades 3-5)

Links to all the recordings can be found at our Animal Safari EdVenture Website

RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE  - Watermark Books and Cafe Author Visit - Michelle Robinson

Pre-K-2nd grade classrooms are invited to join us on Thursday, September 30th to hear from author Michelle Robinson.  Michelle will be dialing in from her home in the United Kingdom and reading her picture book Red Truck, Yellow Truck.

Michelle Robinson's many picture books include bestsellers, ‘The World Made a Rainbow’ and the ‘Goodnight Tractor’ series. Her books are popular in homes and classrooms all over the world, and include ‘Ten Fat Sausages’, winner of the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards, and 'There's a Lion in my Cornflakes', winner of the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award.

For more information and the link to the recording, please visit our USD 259 Virtual Author Visit Website

RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE - Watermark Books and Cafe Author Visit - Celesta Timberlake

Grades 3-5 are invited to join us on Tuesday, October 5 for a chance to hear about Celesta Rimington's newest book, Tips for Magicians.

Celesta Rimington is the author of the middle-grade novels The Elephant’s Girl and Tips for Magicians. She is a musical theater performer and an active participant in her local writing community. She lives in Utah with her husband and two children, where they have a miniature railroad with a rideable steam train.

For more information and the link to the recording, please visit our USD 259 Virtual Author Visit Website.

RECORDINGS NOW AVAILABLE - Holocaust Remembrance 

Thursday, October 7, we invite grades 8-12 to join us for a day of guest speakers and virtual learning connections on the Holocaust. 

On Demand Opportunities available all day:

• Friends University Fine Arts Department Honors Holocaust Composers
• Survivor Stories
• Self-directed virtual field trips

Live Sessions Schedule:

• 9:00-9:45a Live Tour of the Irena Sendler Story Exhibit located at The Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes
• 10:30-11:15a Virtual Author Visit with Sharon Cameron presented by Watermark Books and Cafe
• 1:00-1:45 - Found Voices: Anne Frank and the Power of Writing with the Indianapolis Children's Museum

For more details, resources to download, and links to the live calls, visit our Holocaust Virtual Learning Event Page

RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE - Watermark Books and Cafe Author Visit - Sharon Cameron

Grades 8-12 are invited to join us on Thursday, October 7 for a chance to hear Sharon Cameron as she shares the story of her new WW2 novel Bluebird and her critically acclaimed Holocaust true story The Light in Hidden Places.