Whether you’re appearing at an author visit, bookstore event or festival, it makes good sense to consider your audience. If you’re a children’s author, your audience may be, in part, teachers, parents or other adults, for sure. But remember, your #1 audience is kids. So how do you connect with kids at school visits, signings… Read more »
School Visits
A Warm Welcome From Kennedy Primary Academy – Part 3
An awesome school full of awesome kids! Thank you for having me!
A Warm Welcome From Kennedy Primary Academy – Part 2
You guys are rock stars!
A Warm Welcome From Kennedy Primary Academy – Part 1
I loved visiting your school!
Jean’s Spring 2012 Appearances
Oh goodness! I hope I have time to write. I’m thrilled to be visiting: 2/3/12 CCIRA Session # 410 1:30-2:30 What’s Love Got to Do With It? 2/3/12 CCIRA RMC-SCBWI Booth #73 2:30-4:30 Visiting and Signing 2/27/12 Good Shepherd Catholic School Denver 3/7/12 World Read Aloud Day Special Guest Reader and Skype Sessions… Read more »
Upcoming Events and Appearances
September 22, 2011 – Skype visit with Monroe Catholic School in Fairbanks, Alaska. October 11, 2011 – LIGHT UP THE NIGHT release. YIPPEEEE!! October – November 2011 – LIGHT UP THE NIGHT blog tour. Stay tuned for links. November 7-18, 2011 – LIGHT UP THE LIBRARY auction to benefit the library at Musana Children’s Home… Read more »
A Lovely Acrostic Thank You …
… from the kids at Pembroke Hill & Village Schools in Pembroke, NH and their wonderful librarian, Sue Demanche.
Random Read Alouds – “Books and Blankets”
This Wednesday March 9th is World Read Aloud Day. You can read more about that here. In the morning I’ll be doing Skype Read Alouds with the following schools: Early Childhood School, Frisco, TX Pembroke Hill & Village Schools, Pembroke, NH Bellerose Avenue Elementary, Northport, NYBut for the afternoon, I’m thinking about a random read… Read more »
Pay it Forward Friday: Minute Mentoring for Writers
Today I’m participating in a Speed Mentoring program at a local high school. I’m one of 30 mentors giving kids my best 3 minutes of advice, rotating through five groups of 10 kids each. So essentially I’ll be imparting “wisdom” on 50 kids. Wow! Talk about the weight of responsibility. But as I honed that… Read more »
Perfect School Visits
I recently got back from two school visits in San Antonio, Texas. I spent Friday morning at Keystone School and the afternoon at St. Anthony School, just blocks away. Four presentations and a full day’s worth of activities later, I headed back to Denver tired but sad it was over. I found out, on this… Read more »