Claire Ewart's presentation at the Butler University Children's Literature Conference (http://www.butler.edu/childlit) brought nothing but praise from the teachers, librarians, and author/illustrators who attended.  They found both Claire and her work: "charming," "insightful," "so talented," "amazing," and "wonderful." Claire's books are thoughtful, imaginative, and beautifully rendered, and her expertise and experience add a great deal of depth to her presentations.

Valiska Gregory
Author & Director - Butler University
Children’s Literature Conference

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Claire…your easy going nature and flexibility made you the perfect speaker for our K-2 audience. You geared your talk to their level and related your illustrations to their experience. You kept an audience of 525 children captivated for the 30 minute presentation. Well done!

Annamaria Mecca
Family Resource Center Director - Edgewood Primary School - Bloomington, IN
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Claire handled the large crowd of mixed ages well. Her calm, clear voice and way of speaking to children allowed them to understand the process she was explaining. She brought in good, real life examples of what inspires her to write… The PowerPoint slides were just right…It is a difficult feat to convey the writing and publishing process to children, but the examples of…corrections from an editor, made the point that, like marks from our teachers, these comments are there to make our work as good as it can be.  Well done.

Stephanie Holman
Children's Librarian - Ellettsville Branch of the Monroe County Public Library
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Dear Claire,

You are definitely a big hit here at Haley.  I can't tell you how much everyone enjoyed
your visit. 

Lori Myers
Haley Elementary School - Fort Wayne, IN
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My son and I saw you at the Young Author's Conference at Wayne High School last month. You were wonderful!! 

Mary Roush
L.A. Facilitator - Fairfield Elementary
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Comment from a parent:

My daughter came home so excited that she had met a real live author she exclaimed, “and she was a girl!”

Another parent, asked, “Who did you have come to talk to the children? My daughter could not stop talking about this person who had been all over the world and wrote books and drew pictures about it.”
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Comment from a teacher:

“My second graders really loved the special session Claire did. The best part was having them practicing their own illustrations after watching Ms Ewart draw.”
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Dear Claire,

We wanted to say thank you for sharing your wonderful stories with us yesterday at EPS.  We bought Time Train and Fossil for our collection and will be reading them tonight to ensure wonderful dreams. 

Jack and Abby Gooldy
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I enjoyed your visit to Wolcott Mills Elementary in Wolcottville, yesterday. I wish I could follow you around and just listen to you read. Best of Luck and thank you for enriching the lives of so many.

Barbara Cassel
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I  LOVE YOUR  Fossil Book  Love  CHLOE

This message above is from my four-year-old daughter.  We just wanted to let you know how much we have enjoyed the book Fossil.  We borrowed it from the library earlier in the summer, and read it nearly every day until it was due back.  Yesterday we received our own copy from Amazon.com in the mail and already Chloe is reading it to us from memory.  She loves to explore the poetic words, and figure out what things like "then time is erased" means.  Chloe hopes one day to be a fossil hunter, and this book perfectly suits her scientific interest and love of books.   Thank your for the enjoyment you have brought her through your words and illustrations.

Sincerely, Sara Byrne