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What Others Say...
Nancy White Carlstrom is as delightful and down to earth as her books are. Nancy joined us for our monthly community Story Time and was full of enthusiasm and personal stories as she shared her art with us. Children, parents and would-be authors all enjoyed her visit. We look forward to having her back!

—Sheila Mischke
Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church
Gig Harbor, Washington

Nancy shared her books with students of different ages, each time tuning in perfectly with each group.  Her presentations were open and from the heart, whether she was talking about her life, or "singing" with her books.  The children still talk about the "Jesse Bear Lady"  who came to visit!

—Elvira DiGacomo
American School of Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain

Nancy White Carlstrom brings light, laughter, and learning to elementary readers and writers. She presents her work to students in a way that motivates them to read and to think. In large group presentations, she highlights the writing process from collecting ideas to the final published book. In writing workshops, every student feels like a writer or a poet when they follow the path down which she leads them.

Kim Schwartzman and
Sher Smith Ross
Mount Baker School District Librarians

Educational Progams
Nancy visits classrooms and speaks at educational conferences. She reads, sings and shares the bookmaking process with preschoolers and early elementary students. She holds writing workshops with older readers. She inspires adults at educational conferences on reading, writing and literature.

Author Nancy White Carlstrom brings press sheets to the classroom

Topics

  • From Idea to Finished Book (school programs)
  • Poetry: the Natural language of Young Children (early childhood educators)
  • Connections: The Value of Relationships (church groups)
  • The House Where Hope Still Lives (children’s literature and education conferences)

Nancy shares how she generates ideas for poems and stories and their process of becoming books. She brings

  • rough drafts
  • press sheets
  • dummies
  • proofs
and also reads and sings from the books. A slide show or power point presentation includes photos from her family's 18 years in Alaska.

Length

  • 15-30 minutes for preschool-K
  • 30-45 minutes for 1st-2nd grades
  • 45-60 minutes for older students and/or mixed groups

Fees

Negotiable

Awards

  • Children's Choice
  • Parents' Choice
  • NCTE Notables
  • Publishers Weekly Book of the Year
  • Booklist Editor’s Choice
  • National Outdoor Book Award
  • International Reading Association/Children's Book Council Award
  • Parents' Magazine Best Book
  • Independent Booksellers Award
  • and others

Contact Nancy

nancy@nancywhitecarlstrom.com

206.217.4437


©2005 Nancy White Carlstrom
nancy@nancywhitecarlstrom.com