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Scenes From an Author Visit: Emmy Kastner

March 25, 2025 by Travis Jonker   Leave a Comment

The day after the release of her latest picture book (the wonderful So Tortoise Dug), Emmy Kastner visited our K-3rd grade school. It was a fantastic day, and I have the photos to prove it.

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Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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