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School Visits:
Interested in having Corinna visit your school or library?
Corinna typically speaks to kids in grades K-5 for 45-60 minutes at at a time (though her picture books are truly for all ages, and she also enjoys speaking to college students, teachers, librarians, and other picturebook makers). She can tailor her presentation to fit your age range and time requirements. For slightly more time, she can also include an art activity for smaller groups (1-3 classrooms).
Rates range from $1500-$1800 for a full day and $900 for a half day, plus travel/lodging. Discounts are available for schools that are within a 30 (or so) minute drive, as well as multiple schools in an area that are willing to work together to bring her to their region.
There are also free downloadable art activity sheets to accompany each of her books available on her website.
- For an excellent overview of why authors charge for school visits, see this post on author Caroline Starr Rose’s blog.
- There are many ways to fund an author visit. Here are some suggestions from The Booking Biz.
- Here are some tips for getting the most out of an author visit.
Ready to schedule a visit? For schools within an hour's drive of Olympia, contact Corinna at corinna(at)corinnaluyken.(com) for more information.
For all other inquiries, please contact Andrea Cruise, Penguin Author Appearance Coordinator, Penguin Young Readers Group: (e) penguinauthorvisits@gmail.com (t) twitter.com/PenguinClass (f) facebook.com/PenguinClassroom