School Visit Information
School Visit Information
AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR PRESENTATIONS
Have award-winning author and illustrator of the Brave Little Hearts Series® Dawn Marie Hooks visit your school! Using her extensive experience as a teacher, Dawn’s sessions are interactive, engaging, and customized to meet the needs of your classroom or school. She has presented to a variety of age groups on a wide range of topics specific to — her books (blindness, the five senses, families, changes, bravery, etc.), writing (the process, character sketches and development, word choice, story structure, nonfiction, etc.), and illustrating (the process, using different mediums, layout/design, etc). When applicable, Dawn will bring original materials such as her drafts, “dummy book,” or original sketches and illustrations.
Cost:
An author/illustrator classroom visit (virtual or in person) is $300 for a 40 minute presentation or $1000 for the day. Travel fees outside the local Phoenix area may be additional, if applicable. Fees may be negotiated if the school collects book orders prior to the event.
A one day visit includes:
Up to four, 40 minute age-specific assemblies covering:
• Book introduction and reading
• Presentation on a customized book topic
• Question-and-answer session with the audience
For preordered books, Dawn will bring signed copies of the books to distribute to the students. For those students and staff purchasing books at the event, Dawn will gladly autograph them on the day of the visit.
SCHOOL PROVIDES
•Directions to school, presentation times and audience size, and any other pertinent information regarding presentation expectations.
•A small table for small group/classroom presentations. For large group presentations, Dawn will need a microphone and document camera with projector.
•A presentation schedule that allows at least 10 minutes between sessions.
IMPORTANT: Please familiarize the students with the author before the visit. Mrs. Hooks will provide the school with one copy of four of her books, a parent letter and book order form draft, and posters to promote her visit.
•Make the kids aware of the upcoming author/illustrator appearance starting a month in advance. Put her books on display in the school library. Put a display of book covers up in the hallway.
•Send out a letter to the parents about the author/illustrator visit and a book order form at least three weeks in advance (draft provided by Mrs. Hooks).
•Collect order forms and send out a reminder in the school newsletter. Please contact author two weeks prior to the visit to notify her regarding the number of books she will need to bring.
Other Suggestions:
•Have an art class make posters, banners, and bookmarks welcoming the author/illustrator.
•Throw a contest and have the winners receive autographed books or eat lunch with the author/illustrator.
•Arrange for the students on the school paper to interview the author.
•Call the local newspapers, which may send a photographer to cover the event. If they don’t, take pictures yourself and submit them.
•Talk it up. The more excited you are, the more excited the kids will be. And when the kids are excited, any message the author gives them will really hit home.
Please contact Dawn to inquire.