I create Discussion and Activity Guides for children's books. My over 35 years in the classroom has given me the experience to know just what an educator needs in a guide...engaging, lively, entertaining, solid content connecting the child with the spirit of the book while meeting the academic rigors of teaching in today's educational system.
Good guides keep your books prominent in the teacher's mind and alive in the young reader's heart.
I've earned my MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults. At the University of Texas at Dallas my studies centered around educational techniques and strategies designed to teach special needs students. Professionally I have been spent the majority of teaching career practicing the Montessori Method of instruction, which incorporates sensory, cross-curricular, manipulative learning experiences. As an educational consultant I designed and countless lessons for students of all ages, correlating each with state academic standards.
In short, I know how to assure that your book will connect with kids and the classroom while having a good time doing so!
Fees:
Picture Books - $200.00
Early Readers/Chapter Books - $250.00
Middle Grade/YA Novels - $300.00
Academic Standard Correlation for a Series - $50.00 per hour
Samples:
How Not to be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler (Delacorte Press, 2008)
Conversation with the Jennifer Ziegler
Three State Academic Standards Content Correlation
Academic Standards Documentation
Sand to Stone and Back Again by Nancy Bo Flood (Fulcrum Publishing)
Get Organized Without Losing It by Janet Fox (Free Spirit Publishing)
Dance, Y'all, Dance written by Kelly Bennett (Bright Sky Press)
Fiona Finkelstein, Big Time Ballerina written by Shawn Stout (Aladdin)
Spelling Under Scrutiny and Switched on to Spelling by Joy Allcock
Texas Academic Standards (New York and California under construction)
Your Daddy Was Just Like You written by Kelly Bennett (G. P. Putnam's Sons)
Princess Posey and the First Grade Parade written by Stephanie Greene (Putnam)
Emma and the Civil Warrior written by Candy Dahl (Carolina Moon Publishing)
More guides to come!