$1000.00 per day with up to 4 presentations during that day. Travel expenses are on top of that if overnight or air travel is involved.
Alexandra Day is the creator of the "Good Dog, Carl" series of books as well as many other children's books. She is also a publisher of art and message books as well as greeting cards. Combining a lesson on how a book is created from the beginning to the end is inspiring for all ages of students.
She is happy to sign her many books and Carl will contribute his footprint stamp to all of his books. The kids love his presence and learning about his life as a therapy dog and his first class plane trips.

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$1000.00 per day with up to 4 presentations during that day. Travel expenses are on top of that if overnight or air travel is involved.

Bryn is a guest lecturer at numerous Universities and art colleges and studied on a Fulbright scholarship. He brings his years as an illustrator, and his travels, to life in a presentation that weaves science with art. His murals in the lobby of Children's Hospital in Seattle are well received and inspiring, not to mention massive.

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$1000.00 per day with up to 4 presentations during that day. Travel expenses are on top of that if overnight or air travel is involved.
Contact us at (206) 254-9100 or email Scott to set up a visit or for more information.

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$1000.00 per day with up to 4 presentations during that day. Travel expenses are on top of that if overnight or air travel is involved.
Publishing Credits: two books

BEARS BARGE IN (Dream Factory Books, 2001, ISBN 0-9701195-0-X. 4-8 years) A boy living in the woods deals with oddly misplaced animal friends after his human neighbors rapidly multiply. Winner, ASPCA 2001 Henry Bergh Children's Book Honor.

THE GARBAGE MONSTER (Dream Factory Books, 2001, ISBN 0-9701195-2-6. 4-8 yrs) When a girl refuses to take out the trash, the garbage springs to life -- hauling her out instead – until she finds a resourceful way to combat the messy monster.

Professional affiliations: Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, Author’s Guild, Environmental Education Association of Washington, Publisher’s Marketing Association, Phi Beta Kappa

SPEAKING INFORMATION:
Topic: Wildlife encounters, recycling & other kid-based environmental subjects
Audience: Kindergarten through 6th grade.
Programs: I empower kids to safely enjoy the environments in their own back yards. Typical programs include a reading followed by a parade of surprising recycled-material crafts, discussion of wild animal signs, or exploration of the picture-book publishing process. Optional craft or curriculum ideas provided. I also offer an in-depth imaginative writing workshop. References available.
Length: 25-45 minutes depending on age group

Awards: ASPCA 2001 Henry Bergh Children's Book Honor plus numerous national & regional writing awards.

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$1000.00 per day with up to 4 presentations during that day. Travel expenses are on top of that if overnight or air travel is involved.
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$1000.00 per day with up to 4 presentations during that day. Travel expenses are on top of that if overnight or air travel is involved.

Richard Hescox has been a science fiction and fantasy artist for decades and his work has been seen on movie posters and book covers all over the world. His art book documenting his artwork has just been released and his work with the video gaming industries is inspiring for the older students who are more difficult to inspire. Recommended for high school students.

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$1000.00 per day with up to 4 presentations during that day. Travel expenses are on top of that if overnight or air travel is involved.
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$1000.00 per day with up to 4 presentations during that day. Travel expenses are on top of that if overnight or air travel is involved.

Publishing Credits: three books

ON POINTE (2004, Margaret K. McElderry Books, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-689-86525-2, ages 8-12) Dreams change as quickly as our lives. In this verse novel, Clare faces a possible end to her ballet study; her grandfather faces declining health.

LOOSE THREADS (2002, Margaret K. McElderry Books, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-689-84419-0, ages 9-YA) In this verse novel about four generations of women, 7th grader Kay shares her experience of her grandmother’s breast cancer.

RAINY DAY SLUG (2000, Sasquatch Books, Author Mary Colborn, Illustrator Lorie Ann Grover 1-57061-238-2, ages 3-6) A slug leaves his garden to explore the inside of a boy’s home eventually startling him awake!

Professional affiliations: National and Local SCBWI

SPEAKING INFORMATION: Audience: 1: 4th- 9th grades, 2: K-3rd grades

Topic: 1.
From Life to Fiction, Lorie Ann shares the journey of writing a novel that springs from life. A slideshow reveals personal history, the back-story, and writing process. A short exercise helps students to transform a memory to fiction arranged as verse.
Length: 40 minutes

Topic 2.
Passionate for Pictures, Storyboarding, with slides, Lorie Ann shares the process of making picture books and board books. An exercise is provided to develop storyboards with the students.
Length: 40 minutes

She is also available to meet with book clubs for informal personal discussion.

Awards:
LOOSE THREADS: Booklist Starred Review; "Top 10 Youth First Novel," Booklist; "Best Book for the Teen Age," New York Public Library; "Best Children’s Book of 2002," Bank Street College of Education; Washington State Book Award Finalist; "Best of the Best," Edmonton Public Libraries

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$1000.00 per day with up to 4 presentations during that day. Travel expenses are on top of that if overnight or air travel is involved.

Contact us at (206) 254-9100 or email Scott to set up a visit or for more information.

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$1000.00 per day with up to 4 presentations during that day. Travel expenses are on top of that if overnight or air travel is involved.

Contact us at (206) 254-9100 or email Scott to set up a visit or for more information.

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$1000.00 per day with up to 4 presentations during that day. Travel expenses are on top of that if overnight or air travel is involved.

Publishing Credits: 30 books

WHAT IF… by Regina Williams (Ages 3 and up, Illumination Arts, 2001, ISBN: 0-935699-22-8)
While reading this enchanting bedtime story, children will have great fun imagining "what ifs" of their own. Special glow-in-the-dark page.
Finalist for Picture Book of the Year, FOREWORD Magazine, 2001.

THE WHOOSH OF GADOOSH by Pat Skene (ages 4 and up, Illumination Arts, 2002, ISBN: 0-9701907-0-0)
Join best friends Jaimy and Jake, their perplexed teacher and classmates on a topsy-turvy hullabaloo of an adventure with Gadoosh and her wild magic!
BOOKSENSE76 list, 2002. Benjamin Franklin Award Winner, Best New Voice/Fiction, 2003

DEAR ICHIRO by Jean Davies Okimoto (ages 5 and up, Kumagi Press/Sasquatch Books, 2002, ISBN: 1-57061-373-7)
Henry has a nasty fight with his best friend Oliver but wise Grandpa Charlie and a Seattle Mariner game help Henry understand the message of hope and healing.
The Children’s Peace Fund Book Award, 2003.

THE ERRANT KNIGHT by Ann Tompert (ages 4 and up, Illumination Arts, 2003, ISBN: 0-9701907-6-X)
A brave knight sets out to serve his King, but is diverted from his mission again and again by helping those in need.

Professional affiliations: SCBWI, Mazza Museum of Children’s Book Art, American Society of Fantasy Artists

SPEAKING INFORMATION:
Topic: Book Illustration
Preferred audience: 4th grade through adult

Program: PowerPoint presentation showing the steps involved with illustrating a picture book, from the rough sketches to the final art. Emphasis on the fact that it takes more than knowing how to draw to make a book. Demonstration, samples of original art, personal anecdotes and deadline horror stories included!
Length: 45 min. - 1 hour

Awards: Emmy award for television graphics- 1983, Society of Newspaper Design Award of Excellence (The Seattle Times) - 1984, Corporate Identity (logo design) – 1990, Benjamin Franklin Award - 2003

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$1000.00 per day with up to 4 presentations during that day. Travel expenses are on top of that if overnight or air travel is involved.

Publishing Credits: thirteen books

FRANK AND IZZY SET SAIL (2004, Candlewick Press 0-7636-2146-3, picture book for ages 5 and up)
Frank and Izzy find out about the fine art of being a friend --- and still being yourself --- in an engaging, amusing tale.

ONE LUCKY SUMMER (2002, Dutton)
A middle-grade novel about a boy and girl who overcome their initial aversion to each other and forge a friendship while rescuing a baby flying squirrel.

ZELDA AND IVY ONE CHRISTMAS (2000, Candlewick)
The Fox sisters and their neighbor make each other's Christmas wishes come true."Perfectly captures the gentle bickering of siblings while creating a picture of Christmas sharing and love." ––SLJ (starred)

ZELDA AND IVY (1998, Candlewick)
"Rare for a book about siblings, it's sympathies reach out to readers regardless of their birth order."–Publisher's Weekly (starred review). "Doozy up your shelves with ZELDA AND IVY." –School Library Journal (starred review).

SEE YOU LATER, ALLIGATOR (1995, Harcourt/Red Wagon)
Great for back-to-school good byes. "Young children will "read" the action-packed, cartoonlike pictures that humorously depict this typical school day, as they delight in the funfilled use of language." –Booklist

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$1000.00 per day with up to 4 presentations during that day. Travel expenses are on top of that if overnight or air travel is involved.

Todd Lockwood is another of the science fiction and fantasy artists that we offer for the older students. His work with 'Dungeons & Dragons' as well as 'Magic the Gathering' is legendary, and he is one of the top fantasy illustrators in the country. He also has an art book documenting his lifetime of achievement in the comercial art world.

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$2000.00 per day with up to 4 presentations during that day. Travel expenses are on top of that if overnight or air travel is involved.
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$1000.00 per day with up to 4 presentations during that day. Travel expenses are on top of that if overnight or air travel is involved.

Presentation:

Utilizing slide shows and demonstrations, Gudrun brings the stages of picture book writing and illustration alive for her young audiences. From the origin of story ideas, through storyboarding, illustration and publishing, the processes are demystified and made attainable. This assembly works on its own or is an excellent introduction to classroom projects.

*For preschool and young primary school children, a reading and slide show of The Sleep Ponies is also available.

Classroom Projects

Story Programs- After a short lesson in “Stick Figure Shorthand” and an all class story boarding exercise, each child uses their new skills to develop his/her own story ideas starting with character and setting. Using this visual and concrete method, children see instantly the power of character and detail.

Art programs - Drawing is not a mystical talent, it can be easily learned. Drawing on the right side of the brain, learning to truly see, learning some basic tricks or approaches, all kids can learn to feel satisfaction in drawing realistically, a precursor to confidence in all aspects of fine arts.

Story Related Art Projects include -              

* Develop your own character. * Guided lesson in drawing a favorite character   * Develop a dummy page for an existing story.*. Draw yourself into a favorite story.

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$1000.00 per day with up to 4 presentations during that day. Travel expenses are on top of that if overnight or air travel is involved.
PUBLISHING CREDITS: Five books

KEEPING THE PROMISE: A TORAH'S JOURNEY, Written by Tami Lehman Wilzig (Kar-Ben Publishing, ISBN 0-929371-30-5, 2004, Grade 3)
This book chronicles the history of a Jewish Torah scroll and its journey from a Rabbi in pre WWII Holland to the concentration camp Bergen Belsen

BRONCO CHARLIE AND THE PONY EXPRESS, Written by Marlene Targ Brill (Carolrhoda Books, 2003, ISBN 1-57505-587-2, Grade 3)
This book tells the story of Bronco Charlie who at 11 years old was the youngest rider for the Pony Express.

THOMAS PAINE: UNCOMMON REVOLUTIONARY, Written by Laura Hamilton Waxman (Carolrhoda Books, 2003, ISBN 1-57505-180-x, Grade 4)
This Biography is about the patriot Thomas Paine who’s work as a writer of articles like "Common Sense" urged the American Colonists to break away from British rule.

BENJAMIN BANNEKER: PIONEERING SCIENTIST, Written by Ginger Wadsworth (Carolrhoda Books, 2003, ISBN 0-87614-916-6, Grade 3)
A Biography on the African American scientist Benjamin Banneker who lived during the American Colonial.

NATHAN HALE: PATRIOT SPY, Written by Shannon Zemlicka (Carolrhoda Books, 2002, ISBN 0-87614-597-7. Grade 3)
This book is a historical biography on the American Patriot Nathan Hale who during the Revolutionary War spied on the British for General Washington.

Professional Affiliations:
Member of The Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators International and Washington/Northern Idaho Region.

SPEAKING INFORMATION:
Topic: Children’s Book Illustration
Audience: I would prefer to speak to either children in grades 3 or 4 as that is the age of the readers of my books, but I am also open to any age when it comes to talking about illustrating books. I teach a class on children's book illustration to adults.
Programs:
My programs vary and can be tailored to a specific audience and subject matter. For young kids (the target age of my books) I like to visit school classrooms and libraries share my books, read from them and give them some history lessons about the people in the books. For Junior High age kids, sharing my books and then giving them an assignment to come up with an illustration from the text I provide is ideal.
For High School students and adults, I structure the program like I do the children's book illustration class I teach at Bellevue Community College. For that class I talk about my experiences as an illustrator, show samples of my work and others illustrators and talk about different media available to an artist like oil paint, watercolor etc., and give brief demos on these different techniques.
Length: It can vary from as short as a half-hour to a full day.

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With the passing of Ted, we have stopped booking visits at this time. Gloria will continue writing and we may due visits in the future.
PUBLISHING CREDITS: 75 books

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$1000.00 per day with up to 4 presentations during that day. Travel expenses are on top of that if overnight or air travel is involved. Richard will do three to four (40- 60 minutes each) presentations in one day. He offers a ten percent discount to schools that book three consecutive days in one school district or area. Since 1984 Richard Jesse Watson has been presenting to elementary, middle schools, high schools, universities and libraries. He is a speaker at educators'workshops, writers' national and regional conferences and has taught in California's Arts in Corrections.

In his behind-the-scenes look at picture books, Mr. Watson discusses the interplay of text and illustrations, infusing language with imagery, and pictures with stories. His slide show illustrates the process of developing a book; from concept to rough sketches to models posing in costumes- to tighter sketch stage- to finished art.
During a presentation, Mr. Watson involves the students in any of the
following activities:
… Drawing and cartoon demonstrations
… Illustrating a portion of text
… Exploring the imagination
… Writing and illustrating a story
… Drawing or painting techniques
… Mural Project

Learning to look closely at the world around us is a strong theme in
Richard's presentations. He has a passion for helping students discover
stories in their own lives.

He is happy to autograph books for students, staff, and parents so please allow time for this as Richard draws a picture in each book. He will also provide a bookmark design which may be photocopied by school staff and passed out to all the students. This ensures that everyone receives something with Richard's signature on it and that no one feels left out if some are unable to purchase a book. He will donate one of his books to the school library with a special inscription to the students.

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