PRISCILLA CUMMINGS
| Author: 3026 Aberdeen Road, Annapolis, Md. 21403; 410-269-7591 E-mail: priscummings@comcast.net |
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| Books: | Chadwick the Crab; Chadwick and the Garplegrungen; Chadwick's Wedding; Chadwick Forever; The Chadwick Coloring Book; Oswald and the Timberdoodles; Sid and Sal's Famous Channel Marker Diner; Toulouse: The Story of a Canada Goose; Chesapeake ABC'S; Chesapeake 1-2-3;Chesapeake Rainbow; Meet Chadwick and his Chesapeake Friends. Also, five novels for ages 9 and up: Autumn Journey: A Face First; Saving Grace; Red Kayak; and What Mr. Mattero Did. |
| Fee: | Elementary Schools: Fees start at $600 for one, or two back to back, 45-minute book talks; $800 for three talks; $1,000 for four talks, a full day at school.
Middle Schools: Fees start at $600 for a one-hour book talk; $800 for two; $1,000 for three talks, all day at school. Please contact the author for out-of-state visits and rates. |
| Availability: | Pre-K and K through Grade 5 or 6: the Chadwick talk on how a book is made, with discussion on coming up with the idea, naming characters, writing and rewriting, submitting for publication and book-making steps.
Middle School and High School: How I became a writer and how I research reality and write my novels. Can focus on one particular novel or a more general talk on all. |
| Features: | The Chadwick the Crab series and three other books weave together fact and fiction and take place in and around the Chesapeake Bay. In The Chadwick Talk, the author takes her audience through the process of bookmaking - from the inception of an idea to the writing (and rewriting) to the finished product. The author can do a different talk for older children on researching, writing and creating characters for her novels. |
