SCHOOL VISITS:
HOW AN IDEA BECOMES A BOOK
Author talk includes:
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How an Idea
Becomes a Book
ENCOURAGEMENT
Becoming an author/artist
INSPIRATION
Getting ideas
Characters, plot, setting
INFORMATION
Types of writing
Purpose of writing
Steps of publishing a book
Steps of printing a book
Brain and reading facts
IMAGINATION
Showing emotion and action
PRACTICE
Students led in a drawing
exercise of facial expressions
TIME
Talk is 30 to 35 minutes
Drawing time is 15 to 20 minutes
Total time is 45 to 50 minutes
depending on the age of the group
AGES
Presentation is geared for
Pre-K–2nd or 3rd–5th
GROUP SIZE
Up to 4 classes at a time. Students
must be able to see me
drawing on a white or smart board
SUPPLIES
An easel and a white board or
smart board.
Students will need 1 sheet of white
paper and a dark crayon
FEE
$170 per session
$580 for all day–4 sessions
$50 for travel expense outside the
Tulsa metroplex area
CONTACT: Peggy
authorillustrator@gmail.com
What Others are Saying
“Children and faculty were
delighted with the educational and
entertaining presentation. She
engaged children of all ages with her
discussion of the writing process, and
everyone thoroughly enjoyed her
‘hands on’ lesson in illustration.
I highly recommend her.”
Library Media Specialist, Tulsa, OK
“The K-2 students at Wilson
Elementary enjoyed Peggy’s
presentation. She covered several
language arts topics, such as, genre,
book publishing and writing, while
keeping the young audience engaged.
Very interactive, as well.”
Library Media
Specialist,
Collinsville, OK