Liza Goes to School

 

Save a seat on the school bus! Here comes Liza

Frenette, author of Soft Shoulders, Dangerous Falls

Ahead and Dead End.

 

Audiences

 

Liza's visits are geared towards elementary schools grades, and she has also done

numerous presentations at colleges for students in creative writing, children's

literature, and journalism. Each year she serves as facilitator for the week-long

Young Writer's Institute held as part of the New York State Writers Institute.

 

She is a member of the New York State Arts in Education program, and is also a

member of the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, as well as the

Children's Literature Connection. Liza has presented at schools and colleges

throughout New York as well as the International School in Duesseldorf, Germany!!!

Arranging a Visit

 

Author visits can be arranged for half day, full day, or for speaking to book clubs, library groups and school writing clubs. Visits can be arranged for schools, bookstores, colleges and museums. For rates and references,

e-mail Liza:

Creative School Talks

 

Picture This:

 

Liza brings in maps to chart routes that her characters took on their

Adirondack adventures in the woods, in the mountains and along the rivers.

She also uses hand-stitched quilts made by her mother to show storytelling

through quilting, drawing on a character in her books who makes quilts.

The author also has enlarged photographs of road signs (which appear

throughout her books as a way that the main character's father tells

stories) that she uses in presentation to inspire students to tell their own

creative stories.

 

Liza uses her experience as a journalist to show students the many ways to

conduct research, which is important even for fiction writers. She also

shares her knowledge about the editing and revision process, both as an

author and a journalist.

 

Because Liza's books are realistic fiction, teachers can use her novels in a

myriad of ways to teach across the curriculum. All locations (mountains,

rivers, towns) are accurate, so the books are wonderful learning tools for

geography. Information about plants, trees and bogs, woven throughout the

books, can be used for science lessons. Math comes into play with quilting,

distances of the river and between towns. Analysis can be done to help

understand the adventure and mysteries that are in the books. The books

also contain historical information about the Native Americans who first

lived in the Adirondacks, as well as a hermit who lived in the area for 30

years and whose cabin is now in the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain

Lake.

 

And just as importantly, the works are important for their creativity and for

understanding the process of writing and reading. A visit from Liza Frenette

will engage students in a love of books and storytelling. She is an

enthusiastic presenter who loves her work!

 

 

Praise for Liza’s School Visits