{"id":2933,"date":"2015-10-27T19:53:02","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T00:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/?p=2933"},"modified":"2015-10-27T20:54:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T01:54:25","slug":"two-days-in-beaumont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/?p=2933","title":{"rendered":"Two Days in Beaumont"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allsaints-beaumont.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSCN7634.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7634\" width=\"500\" height=\"158\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSCN7634.jpg 500w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSCN7634-300x95.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allsaints-beaumont.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSCN7657.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7657\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSCN7657.jpg 500w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSCN7657-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nToday I enjoyed day one of two at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allsaints-beaumont.org\" target=\"_blank\">All Saints Episcopal School<\/a> in Beaumont, TX! I was fortunate to be the first visiting author in their newly renovated library AND attend part of the week-long book fair. It was a monster of a fair, literally, with a monster theme throughout. The attending parents (or MOMsters) excelled in their spooky theme. I know because between presentations, I spent a lot of time in there signing dozens of copies of my books!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allsaints-beaumont.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSCN7679.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7679\" width=\"500\" height=\"387\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSCN7679.jpg 500w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSCN7679-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nFor lunch, I was one of many writers as I had a pizza party with all the creative writing winners! I answered tons more questions and got to hear about many fiction, non-fiction, and poetry entries. Thanks for the great lunch: Aayan, Alexander, Ariana, Brook, Cara, Carlisle, Ciara, Clara, Hadlee, Hailey, Jadyn, Maddie, Mamie, Matthew, Matthew, Meris, Molly, Sarah, Tristen, and Zeenia.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSCN7674.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSCN7674.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7674\" width=\"500\" height=\"379\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSCN7674.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSCN7674-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nI received another treat from Mrs. Harrison\u2019s 2nd graders in the form of fall-themed rhymes they created after reading one of my rhyming books. Here are three:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nI see the colorful leaves of fall.<br \/>\nThey rain down from trees so tall.<br \/>\nMya<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nIn a pile of leaves I rake.<br \/>\nSuddenly I see an angry snake.<br \/>\nEthan<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nI have a good Fall time.<br \/>\nIt is fun to create a rhyme.<br \/>\nAvery<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allsaints-beaumont.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSCN7663.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7663\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSCN7663.jpg 500w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSCN7663-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThanks to Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Wilson for having me out. Thanks to all the Momsters for their help during the book fair. Thanks again to Mrs. Harrington\u2019s 2nd graders for the rhymes. And a big thanks to all the students at All Saints. See you tomorrow for writing workshops!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Today I enjoyed day one of two at All Saints Episcopal School in Beaumont, TX! I was fortunate to be the first visiting author in their newly renovated library AND attend part of the week-long book fair. It was a monster of a fair, literally, with a monster theme throughout. The attending [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2933"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2933"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2940,"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2933\/revisions\/2940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}