Contact: Jessica at jessica@jessicayoungbooks.com
About
Jessica Young is a former teacher and the author of award-winning picture books, early readers, and chapter books, including Today at School, I’ll Meet You in Your Dreams, My Blue is Happy, Play This Book, the Fairylight Friends series, the Haggis and Tank Unleashed series and more. With over 20 years of teaching experience and 23 published books, Jessica loves sharing the creative process with students and inspiring them to find their voices and tell their own stories. Her presentations and workshops can be adapted to complement the literary arts curriculum at various grade levels.
http://www.jessicayoungbooks.com
Program Overview
Interactive presentations adapted for Pre-K and up covering topics including: the writing and publishing process, writing tools (literary devices, wordplay and more), story structure, revision, writing tips, and Q&A.
Workshops including hands-on activities designed for one or two classes (up to 50 students) on a variety of topics including story structure, character development, point of view, descriptive writing, writing tools (literary devices and wordplay) and more.
