"Coolest" thank you notes ever!

A couple weeks ago, I had a Skype author visit with a terrific group of 6th graders in Oelwein, Iowa.  We chatted about THE BRILLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z. and writing. The kids read GIANNA Z. as a class and did some great activities to go along with their reading, which their teacher Karla Duff (she's the fabulous @teacher6th on Twitter!) posted on the class blog.  They also blogged about our Skype visit!

This particular visit was tough to schedule because of trouble with snow days and winter wea...