Michael Anthony Steele

I really DID have a super time at Slaughter Elementary! As I began setting up for my first show, I heard the theme from Superman being played through the schools PA system. How cool is that?!!

I had a great time all around. I got to perform on the main stage, with the big screen, and all the kids were super, too! Everyone had great questions and made some of the best giraffe sounds I’ve heard in a long time.

Thanks to Mrs. Echegaray for inviting me. And thanks for the super time (or as Barney says, Super-dee-duper time), Slaughter Elementary!

I just spent a fun day with the great kids of Basswood Elementary! Everyone was full of energy and really made the library come alive. They even spent a lot of time coming up with all kinds of cool questions before I arrived. They read several of my books and voted for their favorites. What a great audience!

I’d like to thank all of you at Basswood Elementary and I’d like to give a big thanks to Mrs. Ostrander for inviting me and for all her help. I hope the kids who won copies of my books, enjoy them. Happy reading and thanks again, Basswood Hawks!

I ended my 1st week in the Houston area at Summerwood Elementary! All of you kids were very polite and made my last visit down there very rewarding. And I was lucky enough to perform in your gym and in your library!

I appreciate all of your cheers, questions, and amazing animal sounds for the song! I’m so glad you enjoyed all the clips from Clown Commandos and don’t forget to check out the complete first episode on Youtube.

A special thanks to Mrs. Hall for inviting me and for all the help. And thank you all, students of Summerwood Elementary!
 

I had an exciting visit at Burchett Elementary today. I’m glad you all enjoyed my show everyone and had great questions. I even had a couple of emails waiting for me when I got back to the hotel room!

I also saw several cool instruments back in Mrs. Phillips’ room. There were a bunch of cool drums–including a djembe like mine!

Thanks to Mrs. Harding and Mrs. Feldman for inviting me. And a special thanks to Mrs. Carroll and Mrs. Pope for all the help.

I had an awesome time at Roberts Elementary today! Everyone had so many great questions, I didn’t have time to answer them all. So, like I told you before, you’re welcome to email me any questions. Just go here.

I hope you all enjoyed my show. I’m sorry I didn’t get to see the 2nd Grade Christmas show—although I heard it was very nice.

Thanks to Mrs. Lewellen for inviting me and for all the help. And thanks again for the great day, Roberts Elementary!

Thanks for the great school visit, Brannen Elementary! I enjoyed meeting each and every one of you. You all had so many great questions, too. Especially many cool questions about my time working in Special FX!

But guess what? Look who got to come home with me–a little Brannen Bronco! Now he gets to hang out with one of my fez monkeys on the shelf with all the books I wrote. And speaking of books, I can’t wait to try some of the recipes from my very own copy of Bronco Bites!

Thanks to Mrs. Griffith for all her help and thanks again for the great day, Brannen Elementary!

I had a great time today at Hancock Elementary–my very first school visit in the Houston area. I enjoyed meeting all the Language Arts classes and answering all of your questions. I hope you enjoyed my writing workshops and hopefully my writing tips will help you on your TAKS tests.

I’d like to thank Mrs. Shaffer for inviting me and Mrs. Kithcart for all her help. And, thanks to Mrs. Kithcart, there will be plenty of my books to check out of the library–all signed, of course.

Thanks again, Hancock Elementary!
 

 

I spent a fun day at Davis Elementary, home of the Davis Dragons! After a full presentation in the morning, we had writing workshops the rest of the day. Everyone had wonderful questions and I can’t wait to read the stories from some of those aspiring writers! Don’t forget to write me when you’re done: ant@masteele.com.

Everyone at Davis should remember the four words, but those from the workshops should especially remember the easiest piece of writing advice I gave you—read! That’s right! The more you read, the better writer you become.

Thanks again for the fun day, Davis Elementary!

 

I had a fun evening presenting at the Lively Elementary PTA meeting! It was very cool meeting all the attending kids and parents. And congratulations to the kids who won my signed books! Someone even got a copy of my Shrek book, Open Centipede—a hard one to find!

A big thanks to Mrs. Dobbs for setting everything up and I hope to see you all again soon. Have a great school year, Lively Elementary!

Today I enjoyed my first school visit of the new school year AND my first school visit to Fort Worth, Texas! I got to meet all the great boys and girls at Shulkey Elementary — home of the Shulkey Mustangs!

I enjoyed speaking to all of you and was surprised to discover that many of you wrote letters and drew pictures for me! Thanks, everyone! I enjoyed all of them, especially a drawing from Natalie. She drew a picture of one of my video clips in which my chihuahuas and I met Barney. Greet job, Natalie!

Thanks to everyone who wrote me letters and thanks to all the students of Shulkey Elementary! Have a great school year, Mustangs!