Authors Visit Schools

Twelve BISD elementary and middle school libraries will host three well-known children’s authors on May 6, 8, 9 and 10. The authors are Tom McDermott, a sought after first generation Irish-American story teller, singer, musician, percussionist and author of “The Ghouls Come Haunting One by One;” David Bowles, author of “Mexican Bestiary;” who resides in the Rio Grande Valley with his wife and children and writes a book review column that appears each week in The McAllen Monitor; and Claudia Villareal, an elementary teacher, who has made a splash in elementary schools and libraries across central and South Texas with her book, “The Alphabet Thief Who Stole the Vowels.” The authors’ visits are sponsored by the UTB/TSC Sabal Palms Writing Project, Brownsville ISD, and BISD Library/Media Services.