"Thank you so much for coming and talking about your writing. I really enjoyed listening to you. I'm writing my own story, but I never had enough butt glue to get very far. Please come back and visit us soon." - Jane, Thatcher Montessori School, Milton, MA

"Thank you for the presentation. That was a very good story that you made. When I grow up, I want to be either a writer or an artist." - Lilly, Hampstead Central School, Hampstead, NH

"I like your puppets you brought. You are the best story maker in the world. You have a lot of tools." - Alex, Wellsville Elementary School, Wellsville, NY

"We just loved it when you passed around the bear claw." - Aaron, Greenwood Central School, Greenwood, NY

"I am your biggest fan!" - Danny, Buckingham-Browne & Nichols School, Cambridge, MA

"Susan Williams's presentation delighted my sixth grade students with her visuals and her tool box of writing tips. Ms. Williams gave the kids a memorable walk through the writing process by providing them with key tools that every writer needs in a very creative and entertaining fashion. Her conclusion, using 'butt glue,' demonstrated to students that an important step in the writing process is 'stick-to-it-ness,' determination, and drive." - Nancy Pelez, sixth grade English, Millbrook School, Millbrook, NY

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My Favorites: (There are so many, it's hard to choose!)

Picture Books: 

Crow Boy, written and illustrated by Taro Yashima

Leif the Lucky, written and illustrated by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire

The Burgess Books, by Thornton Burgess, illustrated by Harrison Cady

The Giant Golden Book of Faries and Elves, illustrated by Garth Williams

The Story About Ping, by Marjorie Flack, illustrated by Kurt Weise

The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson

Wait till the Moon is Full, by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Garth Williams

Novels:

Charlotte's Web, by E. B. White, illustrated by Garth Williams

Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, illustrated by Worth Brehm

Rascal, by Sterling North, illustrated by John Schoenherr

Robin Hood, penned and pictured by Louis Rhead

Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe, decorations by the brothers Rhead

The Little House Books, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, illustrated by Garth Williams

The Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann David Wyss

The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Graham

Authors:

Paul Annixter

Carol Burdick

Susan Cooper

Roald Dahl

Jean Craighead George

Georgette Heyer

Rudyard Kipling

Madelyn L'Engle

C.S. Lewis

Hugh Lofting

A. A. Milne

Mary Beth Miller

Farley Mowat

Mary Norton

Katherine Paterson

Gary Paulson

Megan Staffel

Mark Twain

Linda Underhill

Ted Williams

E.B. White

*My brother, Ted Williams, is an award-winning Environmental Journalist who writes for Audubon, Flyrod and Reel, and other magazines. He tells it like it is! He's the best and craziest fisherman I know, but doesn't play baseball. Check out his books: The Insightful Sportsman (Down East Books) and Wild Moments (Storey Publishing, LLC).

**My husband, Fred Beckhorn, builds beautiful, fine art, rustic furniture. If you are looking for something unique that will become a family heirloom, check out naturalformfuniture.com.