This comprehensive guide includes the names, contact information and other pertinent information on a wealth of authors, illustrators and storytellers residing west of the Mississippi River. This guide also includes the type of presentation, the grade levels, and the approximate costs involved. Each person included is willing and eager to bring his or her special talent to schools and other events.

Easily find talented and available author/illustrator/storyteller presenters who are willing and eager to visit your school

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The one source book every school needs to set up school visits with ease. Conveniently arranged by state, this extensive directory lists authors, illustrators, and storytellers by name and grade level, with complete contact information including website, a description of each person's work, fees, book titles and awards, and special requirements for presentations. All persons listed have done at least ten school visits and are members of recognized professional organizations. Cross-referenced index helps you find listings fast. Includes tips for arranging effective, exciting events.

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You'll appreciate the time-saving assistance this guide gives you, including background and publication information about picture books by Latino writers, summaries of titles, and biographical information on the authors, illustrators and translators.Appendices include a subject-title index, literary and artistic awards, and a list of publishers. A detailed bibliography of Latino-related picture books provides test availability for Accelerated Reader and Reading Counts. The picture books suggested cover a variety of different subjects, including families, holidays, celebrations, animals,...

Finding just the right book to present concepts to children is difficult. This one is more useful than traditional annotated bibliographies, because it focuses on each book's concepts, rather than its subjects. It'salsoeasier to use than lesson plan books, because it lists dozens of titles that use a given concept, not just one or two. The book covers titles that include numbers, time, measurement, language, the body, and more. Works with literature-based approaches as well as multiple intelligence theory. Includes bibliographic information and age-level suggestions for each title.

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This unique and truly special approach to storytelling uses string figures to tell a story. Some of the stories are traditional ones that have been collected over the years.Some are adapted from old tales to become more interesting to current listeners, and some use traditional string figures to tell new, contemporary stories.Learn about the history of string figures, and receive basic string figure instructions, as well as tips for performing string figure stories. Each of the 19 stories is accompanied by step-by-step illustrated instructions for the string figures.

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Library media specialists, Pre-K-2 classroom teachers, and even parents can use these tested activities with confidence. If your storytimes have gone stale, spice them up with fingerplays, poetry, songs, and more. This thorough, well-organized book shows you how Presents picture book summaries, reading lists, and fun activities detailing lesson time, standards, and skills addressed. Appropriate for classroom, library, or home. An invaluable professional resource for those who work with young children.

Storytelling--fun and easy? Do tell

An easy-to-use resource for beginning storytellers

Connect an enjoyable and traditional form of communication (storytelling) with the newer concept of standards-based instruction as it pertains to storytelling

Receive step-by-step guidance on how to tell stories, as well as how to get students to tell stories too

Annie Weissman has been telling stories for over 30 years, and has been teaching others how to tell stories for almost as long. Here, she gives beginning storytellers step-by-step guidance in getting started (criteria for...

Be the expert on cream of the crop of children's literature. A much-needed resource, this work provides a quick reference to all Newbery and Caldecott books. The information is current, concise, and written specifically for teachers and librarians. It is a unique, easy-to-use tool

Get a little graphic in your library Jumpstart a literary adventure for your young adult audience and watch reading enthusiasm soar An introductory guide to graphic novels for both school and public librarians. Learn how to entice your students into the library for a literary adventure that will awaken their passion for reading.