“Stacy’s visit to our school was a dream come true for our students.”
Oh, how I adore elementary schools. The smell of potato wedges, the squeak of my sneakers on the linoleum tiles, and the bathrooms with their sinks (and toilets) that are just a little too low for me. Not to mention that I'm addicted to school supplies (so hide your crayons).
Options for Full-Day School Visits
Option 1: Three 45-Minute Presentations & Book Signing
Schools choose from six different topics. Presentations can all be the same or we can mix it up.
My presentations are interactive and work in an auditorium, media center, or classroom.
Kids love getting signed books. A pre-sale arranged through your local bookstore works best.
Option 2: Two 45-Minute Presentations, One 30-Minute Custom Event & Book Signing
The custom event can be a small group writing workshop, lunch with the author, reading to pre-K or a special class, or we can brainstorm something unique for your school.
Schools choose from six different topics. Presentations can all be the same or we can mix it up.
My presentations are interactive and work in an auditorium, media center, or classroom.
Kids love getting signed books. A pre-sale arranged through your local bookstore works best.
I also love visiting libraries, high schools, book clubs, and air-conditioned summer camps.
And I'm available for Skype visits!
Presentations
Roar! Dinosaurs! - This presentation is prehistoric fun. Kids learn about dinosaurs and the research that went into making The Dino Files series. There's a game show that challenges students and one brave teacher.
Book Tie-In: The Dino Files
Grades: K-3Being Brave: Super Powers Not Required - Imagine a child standing on the end of a diving board. She's nervous about jumping? Friends are chanting, "Jump, jump, jump." What is the brave thing to do? Jump or to say, "I'm not ready." We will talk about what it means to brave for kids each and every day.
Book Tie-In: Brave
Grades: K-2Our Universe - Our local star and the planet we all share have a lot to say. Let's explore our universe from 4.54 billion years ago up until today.
Book Tie-In: Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years and Sun: One in a Billion
Grades: K-2 or 3-5Research and Writing: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things - My research usually begins on Google or in the library, but then the world becomes my source. I'll give examples about how I research and take notes. We will also pick a subject and discuss how we would research and write about our topic.
Book Tie-In: All from Picture Books through novels
Grades: 3-5 or 6-8Miscalculations! - Go behind the scenes of my first middle grade novel. The journey will take us from idea to finished book with plenty of tips of writing and revision.
Book Tie-in: The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
Grades: 3-5 or 6-8
20-MINUTE SKYPE Q&A
Free
Intended for a single class that has read one of the following:
* The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
* The Dino Files
* Several of Stacy’s Picture Books
Limited Availability
Please email to set up a time.
Testimonials
“Stacy’s visit to our school- Abington Friends School - was a dream come true for our students. Our Lower School students had been reading and listening to The Dino File A Mysterious Egg and our younger students had been intrigued by both her picture books and listening to The Dino Files read aloud. Our students listened with big smiles as she read excerpts from her books and told her family’s story of their own trip to look for dinosaur fossils in Montana and how this trip inspired her writing. They loved hearing how and why she wrote her various picture books. Our students loved her books so much that they read or listened to the entire trilogy of The Dino Files and read her picture books again and again.”
“Thank you so much for Skyping with us today! The students loved it! It was great fun to get to know you and your books!”
“Our students LOVED Stacy’s presentation. She really gets them involved in the publishing a book process.
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“Stacy is extremely entertaining, and interesting. I especially enjoyed the game show she put on! I also really love how she engaged the students when she spoke to them. ”
“Entertaining and educational! Our students loved the interactive game and are still singing the dinosaur stomp song.”
“We so enjoyed having Stacy last school year that we were going to see if she was available again this year.”
“The K-2 students at Anderson Creek Primary loved having Stacy visit for our school-wide reading celebration! Her presentation shared personal family adventures and the stories behind her books. She encouraged the students to participate and kept our young readers engaged. Students are seeking out her books to check out from the media center and talking about the experience. A second grade student sums it up best, “You have amazing and cool stories. Can you please come back?””
I like to talk to adults too. I'm available to speak on a panel or to lead a workshop.
My presentation, Engineering a Picture Book, shows writers how they can take an idea from "art to part" using the design cycle.
I can share my first-hand knowledge about writing picture books, finding an agent, and getting published. There is so much that books and websites don't tell you, but I will.