AUTHOR EVENTS
I would love to visit your school, teacher's conference, panel, bookstore, kitchen table, and etc! During a typical school visit around The 50 States and 50 Cities, students and I enjoy lively conversations about the different types of maps, how to make editorial choices about what to include in a map, and create a map of an invented state, complete with state foods, animals, and mottos.
During a typical school visit with Book of Bones, students and I discuss animal features, decision making in writing, and create a skeleton of an invented animal, complete with labels describing the animals habitat, diet, and special abilities.
Please contact me to come up with a plan! See tips for hosting an author below.
NOVEMBER 2017
FRI 4 NOV Book of Bones
Far Hills Country Day School
Far Hills, NJ
SAT 11 NOV Book of Bones + 50 Cities
Brooklyn Museum Children’s Book Fair,
Brooklyn, NY
OCTOBER 2017
SAT 7 OCT, 11:30 am Book of Bones @ Greenlight, Fort Green
1:30 pm Book of Bones @ Greenlight, Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Brooklyn, NY
SEPTEMBER 2017
SAT 9 SEPT, 11am 50 Cities @ Books are Magic
Brooklyn, NY
SAT 30 SEPT, 10am Book of Bones @ McNally Jackson
New York, NY
JUNE 2017
FRI 2 JUN Book Expo America, New York, NY
#1: 50 Cities Book Preview
(and 50 States Fun Facts Give-Away) at
Book Sellers Speed Dating Lunch
> Fri 06/02/17 12:30-1:45 pm
> Room: 1E07/1E08
> tickets + pre-registration required:
http://bit.ly/50Cities_BEA
#2: 50 States Activity Book Give-Away
> Fri 06/02/17 3-4 pm
> Quarto Booth #2207
MAY 2017
THR 25 MAY Ocher Map Library, Portland, ME
Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education's Map Making Contest Award's Ceremony
>> learn more about the contest here
FEBRUARY 2017
TUE 21 FEB Elm Road Elementary, Mishawaka, IN
DECEMBER 2016
FRI 9 DEC The Co-op School, Brooklyn, NY
WED 7 DEC PS 118 Maurice Sendak School, Brooklyn, NY
NOVEMBER 2016
THUR 4 NOV The School at Columbia, New York, NY
SEPTEMBER 2016
SAT 17 SEPT, 1-2 PM Brooklyn Book Festival: Children's Day
NYC is the Place To Be!
Do you think New York City has more subway tracks or subway rats? Find out with Gabrielle Balkan, author of the 50 States series, as she hosts NYC-themed games while giving kids inside info about the food, geography, history, and secrets of the city they love.
>> find workshop details here
JUNE 2016
MON 20 JUN P.S. 107, Brooklyn, NY
APRIL 2016
FRI 1 APRIL Community Roots Charter School,
Brooklyn, NY
WED 20 APRIL TxLA, Houston, TX
12 - 1 p.m Signing in booth #1940
3 - 4 p.m. Signing in author area, aisle 7
MARCH 2016
FRI 4 MAR, 2 p.m. P.S.84 Center For Inquiry, Indianapolis, IN
SAT 5 MAR, 10 a.m. ISTA Good Teaching Conference, Indpls, IN
SUN 6 MAR, 12-ish Barnes and Noble, Indianapolis, IN
FEBRUARY 2016
THUR 25 FEB Girls' Prep Lower East Side, New York, NY
In honor or World Read Aloud Day
JANUARY 2016
SAT 30 JAN, 11 A.M. Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY
DECEMBER 2015
VIDEO LAUNCH, World. :)
WED 16 DEC CBC Adopt-a-School, Queens, NY
OCTOBER 2015
THUR 22 OCT Open Book Foundation School Visit, Washington, D.C.
THUR 22 OCT Politics & Prose Bookstore, Washington, D.C.
WED 21 OCT Takoma Park Maryland Library, Takoma Park, MD
SAT 3 OCT McNally Jackson Bookstore, New York, NY
MAY 2015
FRI 29 MAY BEA: Telling the Truth for Every Age, New York, NY
HOW TO HOST AN AUTHOR VISIT
- Personalize this poster - coming soon!
- Get Started: Planning, Fundraising, and Tips for Success - Scholastic
- How to Host An Author, From an Author - The Outreach Librarian and Cynthia Leitich Smith
- Authors Share Their Best School Visits - Publisher's Weekly
- How to Make an Author Visit Affordable - Kristin Tubb
- How to Make an Author Visit Effective - Kristin Tubb
- 25 Tips for Hosting an Awesome Author Visit! - Sarah McIntyre
- How to Fund an Author Visit - Steve Layne
ORDERING BOOKS FOR AN AUTHOR VISIT
- Start the process about six weeks before your event.
- Download and personalize this order form.
- via your local bookseller. Indiebound can help! Some stores, like Barnes and Noble, offer bulk discounts (when 50 copies of the same title are ordered) and/or educator discounts.
Your local bookstore will need the following:
Event Date
Delivery & Location Address
ISBN(s) for the book(s)
Quantity you need per ISBN - via Quarto (1 800 458 0454): sometimes the publisher has deals on their website. Check for discount codes, which may give you 25% off.