March 2012 Spotlight -

Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Designing Book Trailers on the iPad2 with iMovie

• Dead End in Norvelt :Book Trailer
  

• When You Reach Me: Book Trailer
  

• Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie Book Trailer
  

• Moon Over Manifest: Book Trailer
  
  
• iMovie for the iPad2 Tutorial
  
  
• iMovie for the iPad Tutorial from Apple

February 2012 - Book Spotlight

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qbSs2iPk4o&feature=fvst
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR-kP-olcpM

October 2011- Author Spotlight

Nick Bruel to visit Duneland Schools

Meet Nick Bruel Website - Author or the Bad Kitty Books

Bad Kitty Video

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Bad Kitty Podcast

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Nick Bruel PowerPoint Presentation

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Dune News Article

Nick Bruel, author and illustrator of New York Times bestseller Boing, Bad Kitty, Bad Kitty Gets a Bath and Bad Kitty Meets the Baby, among others will be the guest at all the Duneland Elementary Schools the week of Oct. 10-13.

Bruel received the Young Hoosier Student Choice award and was featured at the Indiana Library Federation 2010 fall conference. Duneland Media Specialists saw Bruel's presentation and asked if he would come to Duneland to present to our students.

Bruel will visit each of the schools beginning Monday. October 10 at Bailly and Liberty Elementary. Tuesday, October 11 at Jackson. Wednesday, October 13 at Brummitt and Chesterton Middle School. At the elementaries, Bruel will talk with students about his books and the writing and illustrating process. At the middle school, he will be working with some classes in the afternoon on writing and drawings.

Nick is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist, and during his down time, he collects PEZ dispensers and grows tomatoes in the backyard. He lives in Tarrytown, NY with his wife Carina and their lovely cat Esmerelda.