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Joyce Carol Thomas‘ School Visits |
Welcome to the School Visits part of my website! I’d love to visit you. When you invite me to your school, we’ll explore the joys of reading, writing, and reciting. We’ll chant happy poetry, funny stories, and imagine animal tales. You will learn to write one poem and share it with the class. You will read each other’s poetry and talk about why and how the rhythm works. On two-day visits you will write 1 story or 3 poems and bring your assignmet to class the next day. On this second day your work will be shared aloud, and the entire class will applaud your creative efforts.
TESTIMONIALS, REFERENCES, BOOK ORDERS, & HONORARIUMS
Here’s what students, teachers, and parents have said about Joyce Carol Thomas’ school visits:
Professor Stan Brown
Theatre Department
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
402-472-9314
“Thank you so much for coming to our school and telling us about your books and poems. I liked them all a lot. I liked that your topic was hair (Crowning Glory) and that may be my favorite book…I love to read and I like writing poems, so maybe I will become an author just like you. Thanks again!”
4th grade student
“…Your poems reminded me of when I do my hair every morning, and it is hard choosing because there are so m any hair styles…”
6th grade student
“Thank you for talking about African hair. Now my classmates don’t ask why my hair is always braided.”
4th grade student
“Your poetry inspired me to become a poet.”
6th grade student
“I am glad you came to our school. You were quiet with a soothing voice.”
4th grade student
“Before Joyce’s school visit, my grandchild hated to pick up a book. She thought books were boring. But after Joyce read and shared Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea, my granddaughter began to ask me to read Brown Honey every night at bedtime. This happened during her entire summer stay. Her mother and dad reported that now she’s added more books to her collection. If they skip over a word, she corrects them!”
Grandmother
“We adopted a new baby, and when we sang Hush Songs our baby’s eyes lit up. Reading and listening have become a habit. Our little one reaches for Joyce’s books and other books several times a day.
New Parents
“(During) the tenth anniversary of the Foundation's New York City based Settlement House-Author Residency program…readers of all ages at Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Center in New York City were visited by National Book Award winning author Joyce Carol Thomas from May 22-25.
“Fathers, mothers, and their children welcomed Joyce to the Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Center with a dinner held in her honor, which was followed by a reading, a discussion, and art activity based on Joyce's book, Gingerbread Days.
“Joyce Carol Thomas came to Stanley Isaacs as a stranger, but left as a friend.”
National Book Award sponsored visit
Stanley Isaac Neighborhood Center
New York, NY
“What a marvelous event! First, Joyce shared her poetry, then inspired the children who danced to the words of her poems, including “Brown Honey” and “A Mother’s Heart” while another child recited the words.”
Dance Teacher
“I, and the entire audience of educators and students, enjoyed her presentation immensely.”
Teacher/Administrator
“I felt happy, relaxed. It was good that she came to see us. I was honored, touched, and grateful.”
Juvenile Hall student
“The author cared.”
Juvenile Hall student
REFERENCES
Dee Richardson
Heritage Hall
Cassady School
2801 Camelot Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73120
[email protected]
Dana Morrow
Outreach Services
Oklahoma Metropolitan Libraries
Oklahoma City, OK
Dana Morrow: 405-235-9223X23; 405-235-9118
B.J. Williams, TV Interviewer, “Read About It”
Television Program Coordinator for the Oklahoma Libraries
405-231-8643
Professor Jewell Rhodes, D.A.
Arizona State University
Virginia G. Piper Chair in Creative Writing
Artistic Director, the Virginia G. Pipe Center for Creative Writing
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
P.O. Box 871701
Tempe, Arizona
Professor Dorothy Tsuruta
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
Teresa Miller
University of Oklahoma now at Oklahoma State University
Center for Poets/Writers
Tulsa, OK
[email protected]
Leona Welch
Diablo Valley Community College
Pleasant Hill, CA
[email protected]
Elizabeth Cooke
UC Berkeley
Andrea Lee
Dance Teacher
Oakland Museum & Berkeley Middle Schools
Glenda Carlyle
Oklahoma Center for the Book
Oklahoma Dept. of Libraries
200 NE 18th St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73105-3298
Phone: 405-521-2502 / fax: 405-525-7804
http://www.odl.state.ok.us/ocb/
Stacey Montgomery
Celebrating Children
P.O. Box 81
Eola, IL 60519-0081
www.celebratingchiildren.com
Kris Martin
Homeless Shelter for Women and Children
Sacrament, CA
Augustina M. J. Garcia, Coordinator
CSU Summer Arts
Alexandria La Faye
Faculty Coordinator
California State University, San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
Professor Stan Brown
Theatre Department
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
402-472-9314
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Professor Tony Manna Professor of English Kent State University Dayton, Ohio [email protected]
Professor Dolan Hubbard Chair, English Department Morgan State University Baltimore, Maryland [email protected]
Denyvetta Davis Library Manager Ralph Ellison Library Metropolitan Library System Oklahoma, OK
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Mrs. Diana Adams, Principal St. Cyrus-Louis Bertrand School 3200 62nd Avenue Oakland, CA 510-638-7519
Mrs. Margie Eaton Forehand Teacher St. Cyrus School Oakland, CA
Cynthia Harris, Ph.D. Principal and Project Manager Nystrom Elementary School West Contra Costa Unified Richmond, CA [email protected]
Susan Faust Katherine Delmar Burke School
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HONORARIUMS
4) For elementary, high school, and library visits as well as staff development workshops in teaching reading and writing, Email Joyce directly at
At your request, we will E-mail you up-to-date information regarding school visits and staff development workshops.
For college, university, professional conferences, and seminar presentations, please contact Jodi Solomon at [email protected]
Are we privileged to live in a country where Americans who care about children and education continue to sponsor author visits? Some local business groups, national corporations, and government funding programs still believe that education is one of our highest priorities. These organizations nobly fund workshops and assemblies on an ongoing basis even in economically difficult times. For them and for many of us, children still count!
BOOK ORDERS FOR SCHOOLS
HarperCollins does not sell directly to consumers. However, HarperCollins would love you to buy the book. Please buy the book from your local bookstore or from an online retailer, such as Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, Booksense.com, Borders.com, or Codysbooks.com.
For Hyperion /Disney book orders, call 1-800-759-0190, when you speak to book order person, please indicate if order is related to author appearances.
MAIL LETTERS TO AUTHOR:
Joyce Carol Thomas
c/o HarperCollins Children’s Books
10 East Fifty-Third Street
New York, NY 10022
If you need additional information about school visits, please drop us a note. We look forward to hearing from you.
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