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WENDIE OLD

WENDIE OLD

Author: 9301 Old Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21234-1150; Phone: 410-665-5375 (please leave a message with your phone number) E-mail: wendieold@me.com Blog: http://blog.wendieold.com
Books:	Picture Books Busy Toes (pen name C. W. Bowie), Busy Fingers (pen name C.W. Bowie), Stacy Had a Little Sister Holiday Books The Groundhog Day Book of Facts and Fun The Halloween Book of Facts and Fun Picture book biography for elementary School To Fly, the Story of the Wright Brothers Biographies for older readers (4th grade and up) The Wright Brothers Inventors of the Airplane (their complete life) George Washington Thomas Jefferson James Monroe Duke Ellington Louis Armstrong Marian Wright Edelman
Fee:	$1,000 per day - three or four presentations $500 evening or half day presentation Travel Fee -- free, if within 100 miles of Baltimore, Maryland. Expenses paid if further away or overnight.
Availability:	Experienced speaker to all ages
Features:	1. A three-foot replica of the Wright brothers' flyer 2. A groundhog and a black cat 3. Craft - you would need to supply scissors, glue sticks and duplication on white paper 4. Emphasis on writing nonfiction: a talk about my adventures researching my books, including a bit about how a book is published - complete with what a book looks like after printing and before going to the bindery 5. For kindergarteners and 1st graders I would talk more about creating picture books, with a bit about nonfiction. 6. For adults - So You Want to be a Writer: the ins and outs of the publishing world. Helpful hints for writers of all ages.