about my author visits
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One of the joys of working as an author
and illustrator of books for children is the opportunity
I have to visit young readers.
When I visit your school, I want each
child to feel special.
We are children for only a short time.
I hope I will have touched and expanded the world of
the person this child will grow up to be.
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when I visit your school
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I plan plenty of time for question and
answer. I will provide booklists that are appropriate
for each grade so that the students can read my books
before I visit. Our session will be more lively if teachers
and students discuss beforehand things they would like
to ask.
Many of my books fit into curriculum requirements
and class projects can be planned around them prior
to my visit for added enrichment.
We can plan a one day program or residencies
up to one week.
I will work with up to fifty students
in a classroom setting and up to three hundred in an
auditorium or gymnasium for any of my sessions with
grades 1-6. When I visit your school, I will bring all
the materials that go into making a picture book. I
will talk about the process and the challenge of making
books. I will need an easel, paper and colored ink markers,
a large table, a display board and pushpins, a carousel
slide projector with remote, cart, screen and clip-on
microphone.
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about my presentations
Kindergarten: "What
will it look like?" (half hour)
With a little help from my friends, we create a story character
that I draw.
Grades 1 - 3: "Making
a picture book" (one hour)
I talk about the process of creating a book using my original
manuscripts, dummies, sketches and finished illustrations.I
show slides of how a book evolves, then read it. I tell funny
stories and serious ones. There is always a story behind the
story of any book.
Grades 4 - 6: "Telling
a story in words and pictures" (one hour)
When I talk to older readers about the creation of a picture
book, I emphasize the writing aspect. I stress research, rewriting
and editing to achieve good results.
Grades 1-6: "Inside
my studio" (one hour)
Using slides and original material, I share my stories and
the process I go through to create a book. I show how and
where I work, how ideas become stories and rough sketches
grow into finished art. For upper elementary and older audiences
I go into detail about the process of writing, revising, submitting
and working with an editor.
Please send an email to information@dkray.com
for information on my fees and schedule.
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