Fischer Elementary Hosts Best-Selling Author

ELMHURST, IL — On Monday, April 30, Conrad Fischer Elementary was host to Lauren Tarshis, author of the best-selling historical fiction “I Survived” series. The district said Tarshis was in the Chicago area visiting schools for Scholastic, a top publisher of classroom books and resources. She asked to stop at Fischer Elementary specifically, because several current and former students have written her emails about her books.

While at Fischer, Tarshis spoke to students about how she became an author, despite not being a very good reader as a student herself. According to the district, she also read the students a chapter from her next book “I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967,” which will be published in September.

Tarshis ended her visit by taking several questions from the group, and then met students one-on-one in the library for a book signing.

Photos provided by District 205.