FRED BOWEN
| Author E-mail: fred@fredbowen.com Website: www.fredbowen.com |
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| Books: | 15 books of sports fiction that weave in real sports history and include a bonus history chapter at the back (Peachtree Publishers). First picture book biography released in 2010: No Easy Way, The Story of Ted Williams and the Last .400 Season (Dutton Children’s Books). |
| Fee: | For school presentations, contact Janet Zade; Phone: 781.749.2733. Email: news4jaz@aol.com For presentations to adult groups (librarians, reading specialists, etc), contact Peggy Jackson; Phone: 301.585.0288; Email: peggy@fredbowen.com. |
| Availability: | Children in grades 2-5, and adult groups (librarians, reading specialists and parents) |
| Features: | It's not often that a sports-loving guy comes to school to talk about reading and writing. I want kids to look at me and say, "Hey, I can do what he does." I show them my original (messy) notebook for T.J.'s Secret Pitch so they can see that I start out writing just as they do: with pen, paper, and imagination. Nothing else. I talk about the whole writing process and then I get the group to do some writing with me. It's a very lively and interactive talk. With adult groups, I talk about how to get sports-crazy kids to love reading. I challenge the perception that sports is a narrow interest and talk about the great dramas found in sports, and the power of good sports writing (fiction and nonfiction) to capture young readers. |
