How a Book is Made Author Visit

What does a book look like before it’s a book? It’s an idea on a piece of scratch paper, it’s a typed manuscript going off to an editor, it’s a computer image with art and words, it’s an F&G paper proof that falls apart when you read it, until one day…it’s a book that you can hold in your hand and share with a friend.

For this 30-minute virtual visit, I read four of my books about making things using screen share on Zoom so that everyone can see the words.

Red Light, Green Light (fiction)
Skate Trick: A Robot and Rico Story (fiction)
Man on the Moon (nonfiction)
Up! Up! Up! Skyscraper (nonfiction)

After the readings, I “show and tell” the stages of the bookmaking process, with manuscript drafts, rough pencil sketches, color sketches, a press sheet, black-and-white mechanicals, an F&G (folded and gathered) paper proof, and a finished book.

Our session ends with a question and answer session with questions written (by the teacher) in the Zoom chat so everyone can see them.

In this 30-minute virtual author visit, K-2 students listen to 4 books read aloud and discover how fiction and nonfiction books are made.

Schedule an author visit for your classroom or library.

Virtual author visits take place Tuesday-Thursday.
The calendar app will only show your time zone.

7:30am-11:30am Pacific Time
8:30am-12:30pm Mountain Time
9:30am-1:30pm Central Time
10:30am-2:30pm Eastern Time

Schedule ONE 30-minute session (30 minutes total) $99 USD
Schedule TWO 30-minute sessions (75 minutes total*) $198 USD
Schedule THREE 30-minute sessions (2 hours total*): $297 USD
*including a 15-minute transition between sessions*

After you select a starting time, the app will ask you to select the program you are scheduling:

(K-2) How a Book is Made (fiction and nonfiction)
(Grade 3+) Ghostwriter (fiction)
(Grade 3+) Just the Facts (nonfiction)

Weather happens! If your school or library closes due to the weather, simply click on the Reschedule button in your Zoom confirmation email and select a new time.

Payment Terms
By signing up, you agree to meet on the Zoom video conferencing platform for an author visit. If you need to cancel the author visit *before* the session begins, please be advised that I charge a $20 handling fee for cancellations. If you are unable to host your session at the time you selected, please click on the Reschedule button in the reminder email and set up another time. Thanks.

How a Book is Made Author Visit

Schedule an author visit for your classroom or library.

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