School Visits

“I thought this was very worthwhile for the children. It was great to see his artwork in different stages, and the children were totally engaged in their project.”

-Kathy Stines, New Hope-Solebury 2nd grade teacher

I love to visit schools. School visits are fun, and a great way to get kids excited about reading.

A full day school visit includes three assemblies for the first through sixth graders, a visit to the kindergarten,

lunch with selected students, and as much book signing as there are books to sign. You can book me for a

full day or for one or two assemblies.

Each assembly consists of Powerpoint visuals accompanied by a discussion of such things as the

kind of books I read as a boy, what inspired me to become a picture book author/illustrator, where my ideas

come from, and everything that’s involved in writing and illustrating a picture book. I always try to reinforce

the idea that a good story goes through many revisions and that there’s a lot of erasing in drawing. Next

I draw a few characters from my books. After that comes the part the kids love best... DRAWING!!

Each student creates their own version of one of my characters as I lead them step-by-step. At the end of

each presentation I answer as many questions as time allows.

My honorarium is $850 for a full day school visit or $400 per assembly.

(+ travel expenses if your school is more than 50 miles away.)

Before my visit:

*Email me the schedule when you have it worked out. Please try to allow for 15 minutes between assemblies.
*Send home book order forms to your students. You can download here: Lee Harper School 2012 Visit Book Order Form-2.doc
*Share my books with your students and engage them in related activities, some of which can be found in ‘Fun Stuff’
*Ask the teachers to have their students arrive at the assembly prepared with three pieces of paper, a surface to draw on, and something to draw with.