"You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!"
"You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!"
"You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!"
Short introduction video on Mr. Pierce
Short introduction video on Mr. Pierce (w/ multiple photos)
Mr. Pierce's granddaughter showing one of his preaching sticks
(on PBS Antique Road Show)
Elijah Pierce: Sermons in Wood (1980)
[Note for teachers and parents: Please be aware this 27-minute film includes outdated/offensive language and recounts of slavery and racism. I've included it because it gives you an opportunity to hear Mr. Pierce's stories in his own voice and watch him work.]
Nothing Is Little
"You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!"
"You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!"
Eliza Bing Is (Not) A Big, Fat Quitter
Eliza Bing Is (Not) A Big, Fat Quitter
Book Trailer from the Lunch Bunch Book Club students of Clearwater Elementary School (Thanks, friends! I love it.)
Eliza Bing Is (Not) A Star
Eliza Bing Is (Not) A Big, Fat Quitter
To the Stars!
To the Stars!
Printable Bookmarks
Not every student may be able to buy a book during an Author Visit. Please feel free to share these bookmarks with these kids (or with all of your students). They print well in both color or black-and-white.
5 minute literacy boosters
In Nothing Is Little, the teacher uses 5 minute mysteries to challenge students. Here are some ideas for when you have a few spare minutes and want to flame the creative flames of your young writers.
Pictures
Left to right: Jennifer Mack-Watkins (illustrator of You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce), me, Chiquita Mullins Lee (co-author of You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce)
Jennifer, Chiquita, and me on the steps of the Columbus Museum of Art after we got a private tour of Elijah Pierce's art (even the stuff not on display)!
Me and Chiquita at the 2024 National Book Festival in Washington, DC with You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce! It was a lot of fun but VERY crowded! (Jennifer was unable to join us. We missed her.)
Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson and Dr. Lonnie Thompson inside the OSU Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center's
ice core storage facility. (I didn't grab a coat because it was summer time, and it was soooo cold. Good thing we were there for only a few minutes.)
One of my favorite things to do is build miniature models. This is
one I made (completely from scratch) of an ice core
freezer. Can you figure out what I used for the "ice core" in the silver box near the back?
Some of the models I've made
The "real life Eliza" when she was nine and a white belt.
Me and the "real life Eliza" (my daughter) after we got our 3rd degree black belts.
Me and Judy Blume backstage at her 80th birthday event in New York, February 2018.
Opportunity and photo from the amazing Debbie Ridpath Ohi!
My office.
Videos and news
Dr. Sullivan makes history again!
On June 7th, 2020, Dr. Sullivan became the first woman to dive to Challenger Deep (the lowest known point in the ocean).
Click on the link below to read more.
https://westatlanticmedia.net/2020/06/08/astronauts-historic-journey-to-the-deep/