JACQUELINE JULES
| Author: Arlington, Virginia 703-237-9617; E-mail: jjules@jacquelinejules.com Website: www.jacquelinejules.com |
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| Recent Books: | For grades 3-7: Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation. For grades K-3: Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Takes Off, Duck for Turkey Day, No English, The Princess and the Ziz, Sarah Laughs, Benjamin and the Silver Goblet, and Once Upon a Shabbos. For more information about my books, please visit http://www.jacquelinejules.com/mybooks.htm |
| Fee: | $300 for single session of approximately one hour, additional sessions $100 each. Group size 80 children or less for any one session. Travel expenses and additional speaking fees required outside the Washington, DC, area. |
| Availability: | Preschool through Grade 7 |
| Features: |
1. Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Takes Off is a new chapter book for young readers featuring Freddie Ramos, a boy who receives a mysterious box with super-powered purple sneakers. From that day on, Freddie searches for ways to be a superhero. With comic book style illustrations, this lively story gives young readers an opportunity to consider what it would be like to have super speed. Can you be a hero and still go to elementary school? For Grades 1-4 2. Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation aligns with curriculum and standardized tests on essential knowledge regarding the formation of the US Constitution and American government. Author talk presents the conflicts and compromises of the 1787 Constitutional Convention through colorful comics projected on a screen. Students participate in a Reader’s Theater format. 3. No English depicts a second grade girl who finds a creative way to bridge a language barrier with a new classmate from Argentina. Presentation includes ways of making newcomers feel welcome, poetry, and activities about friendship. Twenty-three page teacher’s guide available on the Mitten Press website here can be used as preparation or follow-up to author presentation. 4. Duck for Turkey Day was inspired by ESOL students who told me they ate holiday foods from their birth countries rather than traditional Thanksgiving fare. Author talk includes Thanksgiving activities and a celebration of cultural diversity in America. 5. I am a librarian and teacher, with fifteen years experience, accustomed to working with students in grades preschool through sixth grade. Program can be tailored to the needs of the school and can include songs, storytelling, poetry, and writing activities. |
| Awards: |
2010 -- Sydney Taylor Honor Award, Benjamin and the Silver Goblet |
