Lynn Plourde is staging a dramatization of a book with students playing the parts.

LEWISTON – Maine children’s book author Lynn Plourde is doing an author-in-residence program for grades three through five at McMahon School through Tuesday, Dec. 16.

The residency is sponsored and organized by the L/A Arts Arts in Education Programs.

During an opening assembly for the entire school on Dec. 1 Plourde presented an interactive reading of some of her picture books, “Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud,” “Wild Child,” “School Picture Day” and “Moose, Of Course!”

She is leading a dramatization of one of her books, with students playing parts using simple props. Then she will visit with grades three to five in the classrooms, teaching students how to write problem stories or tables, including how to get ideas, plan and revise their stories. Parents are welcome to attend the sessions on Dec. 9, 11, 15 and 16. Call McMahon School at 795-4140 for further information.

After 13 years of writing children’s books, Plourde had her first picture book, “Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud,” published in 1997. “Pigs” was illustrated by Caldecott-medalist John Schoenherr and was selected as a School Library Journal 1997 Best Book.

In 1999 Plourde had two additional books published: “Moose, Of Course!,” illustrated by Jim Sellers, and “Wild Child,” illustrated by Greg Couch. “Wild Child” was selected as a 1999 Lupine Honor Book by the Maine Library Association and as an American Booksellers Kids Pick of the Lists for one of the best picture books of 1999.

In 2001 Plourde’s books were “Winter Waits” (illustrated by Greg Couch) and “Snow Day” (illustrated by Hideko Takahashi), a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year.

Her 2002 books were “Spring’s Sprung” (illustrated by Greg Couch) and “School Picture Day” (illustrated by Thor Wickstrom). Plourde’s 2003 books are “Thank You, Grandpa,” illustrated by Jason Cockcroft; “Teacher Appreciation Day” illustrated by Thor Wickstrom; “Summers Vacation” illustrated by Greg Couch; and “The First Feud: Between the Mountain and the Sea,” an original Maine fable about a feud between Mt. Katahdin and the Atlantic Ocean, illustrated by Jim Sollers.

Plourde also co-authored the guidebook “A Celebration of Maine Children’s Books,” with her husband, Paul Knowles. Plourde has worked for 21 years as a Maine public school speech-language therapist and has had 10 educational books for teachers published, including the “Classroom Listening and Speaking “series.

Plourde is a Skowhegan native and she lives in Winthrop with her family.