Real life inspires fiction, may keep teens reading Oct 22, 2008
Young-adult author Will Hobbs talks to students at Twin Spruce Junior High School on Monday afternoon about how he wrote his 17 teen novels ... Published: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 1:09 PM MDT Twin Spruce students looked at the screen in awe on Monday as author Will Hobbs flicked through the pictures ... Will Hobbs will visit junior high schools, libraries and the Campbell County School District Planetarium during a week-long visit to Gillette. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Cedar Valley kids go on reading adventure Apr 23, 2008
Author Will Hobbs speaks to Cedar Falls elementary students during a presentation at the Cedar Falls Public Library Monday. (BRANDON POLLOCK/Courier Staff Photographer) ~ADVERTISING~ Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:25 PM CDT Cedar Valley kids go on reading adventure By MARY STEGMEIR, Courier Staff Writer CEDAR FALLS --- With the flip of a light switch Monday, author Will Hobbs transported a group of roughly 100 Cedar Falls fifth-graders back in time to the Klondike gold rush of the 1890s. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Books chronicle life, survival in the woods Dec 16, 2007
Saturday, December 15, 2007 5:48 AM PST. If you enjoyed reading "Salmonberry Man," there are many tales of outdoor survival and the lore of Bigfoot at your local library. (Longview Daily News, WA)
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Books chronicle life, survival in the woods. Saturday, December 15, 2007 5:48 AM PST. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Student council holds Halloween Carnival at Martin Kellogg Middle School Nov 2, 2007
Brandon and his vice president, Dominic Esposito, were responsible for introducing to the student body, Will Hobbs, at several assemblies held recently for the guest author. The upcoming social held for the fifth- and sixth- graders is also planned and run by student council members. (Newington Town Crier, CT)
Laudable readers Oct 26, 2007
FAR NORTH by Will Hobbs: A plane trip gone bad strands two teenage boys from vastly different cultures in a frozen world of moose, wolves and bears. As a brutal subarctic winter is fast approaching, they come to depend on each other for their survival. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Students treated to author's visit Oct 20, 2007
Saturday 20 October, 2007. When he told them that in his new book he wrote about a meteorite covered with strange bacteria that landed in a kid's room, "Go Big or Go Home," several students said they couldn't wait to read it. (Newington Town Crier, CT)
Mayor Miletich Proclaims National Library Week in Sigourney Apr 27, 2007
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan; Blue Ghost by Marion Bauer; Confessions of a Closet Catholic by Sarah Littman; Doll with the Yellow Star by Yona McDonough; Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles; The Ghosts Grave by Peg Kehret; Hachiko Waits by Leslea Newman; Jackie's Wild Seattle by Will Hobbs; Lumber Camp Library by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock; Lunch Money by Andrew Clements; Measle and the Wrathmonk by Ian Ogilvy; Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo; Missing Manatee... (Sigourney News Review, IA)
Polson High School tries new approach to help freshmen pass core classes Jan 9, 2007
Upstairs in an English 9 class, teachers Lori Dickson and Linda Goldeski were entering their second straight period with 16 boys who are getting ready to read ason's Gold by Will Hobbs, a popular author among young teenage boys. These students, too, were identified as ones who might have difficulty in a traditional classroom in their first year of high school. (Missoulian, MT)
