Author Charlottesville, VA, 434-971-1716
E-mail: mary@lyonsdenbooks.com
Website: www.lyonsdenbooks.com |
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Fiction and nonfiction books grades K-12
Picture books grades K-4: Roy Makes a Car; The Butter Tree: Tales of Bruh Rabbit
Easy reader e-book grades 1-4: Diddy Wah Diddy: Stories Collected by Zora Neale Hurston
Picture book biographies grades 4-6: Catching the Fire: Philip Simmons, Blacksmith; Talking with Tebé: Clementine Hunter, Memory Artist
Historical fiction grades 4-8: Letters from a Slave Boy: The Story of Joseph Jacobs; Letters From a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs; Dear Ellen Bee: A Civil War Scrapbook of Two Union Spies; Knockabeg: A Famine Tale; The Poison Place: A Novel
Historical nonfiction grades 6-8: Ancient American World (Aztec, Maya and Inca cultures); Feed the Children First: Irish Memories of the Great Hunger
Biography grades 6-12: Sorrow's Kitchen: The Life and Folklore of Zora Neale Hurston
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| Fee: |
$125 per session for schools in Charlottesville, VA, and adjacent counties. $600 for 3 presentations elsewhere in Virginia. $600 for adult conferences and writing classes in Virginia. Travel and lodging additional. Please email for fees outside Virginia. New! ½ price fee for virtual author visits. |
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Public, private, charter, or homeschooling programs grades 1-12. Adult writing classes and national, state or regional conferences anywhere. Public, private, charter, or homeschooling progams grades 1-12. Adult writing classes and national, state or regional conferences anywhere. |
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Schools: I prepare a customized slide presentation that explains why and how I wrote a book. Please visit www.lyonsdenbooks.com and choose the title that best fits your needs. Possible curriculum connections: ancient Mexican and Andean cultures; women’s history and literature; African-American history and literature; Civil War history; Irish history; folklore and folk art.
Adult writing classes: "The Writing Side of Children's Literature" available as a one-day or one-weekend workshop. Visit my web site and click on "workshops."
Conferences: Most recent talks include Frederick Douglass and Harriet Who? The Disappearing Jacobs Family.
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Letters from a Slave Girl--SCBWI Golden Kite Award..
African American Artists and Artisans Series--Virginia Library Association Jefferson Cup Series Award.
Master of Mahogany and Starting Home--Carter G. Woodson Award.
Sorrow's Kitchen--Carter G. Woodson Award and Society of School Librarians International Outstanding Social Studies Book Award.
Roy Makes a Car--Parent's Choice Gold Award, American Folklore Association Aesop Award, National Endowment for the Humanities Teacher-Scholar Award.
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