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Text Box: Barbara Gowan offers your students and staff a unique opportunity to explore Arizona through author visits to your school or library.                                                                                                                                                                    

Text Box: G is for Grand Canyon -  Grade level presentations for kindergarten – 2nd grade are 30-minute multi-sensory experiences.  Barbara reads the alphabet rhymes while wearing an alphabet apron.  Inside the “lettered” pockets are items for the children to discover – copper ore, petrified wood, bola tie, saguaro seeds and more.  Grades 3-6 explore the creative writing process in a 50-minute presentation.  Posters of the original written manuscript through the editor’s revisions are shared.  During the reading of the book, children take a trip through Arizona testing their mapping skills locating sites on a large map.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                          Text Box: Desert Digits -  Grade level presentations for kindergarten – 2nd grade are 30-minutes long.  With the help of animal puppets and props, Barbara introduces the number rhymes and beginning math concepts.  In a 50-minute presentation, grades 3-6 discover what's inside a Writer's Toolbox and learn how a book is made.  During the reading of the book, the author reinforces math concepts and the six traits of writing.                        Text Box: Build a Book - a Writing Workshop for Students -  Using the book G is for Grand Canyon as the model for the writing process, students create a class alphabet book.  The workshop is four class days of writing instruction and can be combined with three days of instruction from an illustrator.  To learn more about the Build a Book Workshop, click here.                    Text Box: Math Lit 101 - a Workshop for Teachers - In this 2 hour workshop, participants will survey a variety of children's picture books as they relate to the math standards from Number Sense to Data Analysis to Measurement.  Math activities that complement Desert Digits: An Arizona Number Book will be shared.   ex plore a variety of alphabet books from the simple text of A Apple Pie (ca 1886) to today's sophisticated award ws and discover themes that cross the curriculum.  Using popular alphabet books as writing models, teachers learn how easy and fun it is to write ABC books.  Expository writing becomes a creative endeavor when student use the alphabet to organize their non-fiction works.  The writing process used to created G is for Grand Canyon - An Arizona Alphabet serves as an example.  Samples of student written alphabet books are shared.  Standard 2:  Writing in the Language Arts.                                              

1-25 books purchased Receive 10% of retail sales
26-100 books Receive 20% of retail sales
Over 100 books Receive 30% of retail sales
[above sales not including tax]  

An Author Visit Kit will be sent when your date is scheduled.  Included in the kit will be display posters, sample book, pre-visit order form and invoice.  The presentation works best in the informal setting of the library.  Try to schedule one grade level (no more than 100 students) per presentation.  Smaller group sizes work best. Feel free to contact local newspapers about the visit to your school. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Text Box: BOOK SALE - Coincides with Author visit.  The school receives a donation from my company, Learning With Little Folks, based on the number of books sold during my visit.  The students and teachers will have the opportunity to pre-order books before the visit.  I will bring books and sign and personalize those purchased at this time.  The book is $17.95 plus tax, which is rounded up to $19.50.  1-25 books purchased Receive 10% of retail sales 26-100 books Receive 20% of retail sales Over 100 books Receive 30% of retail sales [above sales not including tax]   An Author Visit Kit will be sent when your date is scheduled.  Included in the kit will be display posters, sample book, pre-visit order form and invoice.  The presentation works best in the informal setting of the library.  Try to schedule one grade level (no more than 100 students) per presentation.  Smaller group sizes work best. Feel free to contact local newspapers about the visit to your school.                     

Text Box: C is for Creativity - Writing Workshop for Teachers - In this 2 hour workshop, participants explore a variety of alphabet books from the simple text of A Apple Pie (ca 1886) to today's sophisticated award winners and discover themes that cross the curriculum.  Using popular alphabet books as writing models, teachers learn how easy and fun it is to write ABC books.  Expository writing becomes a creative endeavor when students use the alphabet to organize their non-fiction works.  The writing process used to create G is for Grand Canyon: An Arizona Alphabet serves as an example.  Samples of student written alphabet books are shared.  Standard 2:  Writing in the Language Arts. 

Text Box: Click Here to See What Kids Say Text Box:   STAFF DEVELOPMENT can be scheduled for the afternoon of your author visit at a reduced rate. FAMILY LITERACY NIGHTS allow the entire family to enjoy the author's presentation and to encourage the love of reading.  PROGRAM FEES   Full day (4-6 presentations) $600   Half day (2-4 presentations) $350   Staff Development Workshops $300   Family Literacy Night $250            A travel fee of 44.5 cents/mile will be added to the program fee   AUTHOR VISIT ACTIVITY TIMELINE WHAT STUDENTS AND TEACHERS SAY ABOUT BARBARA GOWAN                                      Barbara Gowan at the Buckeye Public Library Summer Program  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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