Steve Sheinkin is a Newbery award-winning children’s author who made annual visits to schools to meet and read with students. When the pandemic forced him to cancel his usual travel plans last year, he wanted to find another way to interact with his readers. So, he teamed up with Stacey Rattner, an elementary school librarian in Castleton, New York. Together they came up with a fun way to get students and authors together. It’s called the Author Fan Face-off, a game show available on YouTube.
Since the first episode, there have been over two dozen segments of the face-off produced and released to the public. Steve Sheinkin and Stacy Rattner spoke with The Best of Our Knowledge’s Bob Barrett about this project, and their partnership. (more…)
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