Any length or audience size can be accommodated. Presentations can be made on a screen through Powerpoint or slides, depending on your preference. A wireless lavaliere microphone is preferred.
To find out if Amy is available, please provide a details of the conference you are having. Please include the date and information on the length and format of the presentation or presentations you would like. Also include the estimated audience size. Ms. Gary is happy to tailor her talks specifically to your needs.
Presentations for Parents:
Treasures in a Trunk: My work with Margaret Wise Brown's unpublished manuscripts
An indepth look at the manuscripts left behind by the prolific author. Ms. Gary shows examples of the unpublished work of Margaret Wise Brown and the detective work involved in getting these work into publication. Through this analysis of the works, a picture of the genius behind the writing emerges. The timeless nature of her writing is proven through the ability of her work to reach children 50 years after these manuscripts were locked away in a trunk in her sister's barn attic in Vermont.
What Does a Kid Care? Understanding what your child wants in a book.
Using speeches and writings by the "guru" of children's book writing, Amy Gary shows parents how Margaret Wise Brown created hundreds of works for children. Directed at all book lovers, Ms. Gary talks about the way Ms. Brown approached writing, and explains why the techniques she created over 50 years ago are still applicable today and why her books Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny are perennial best selling books. Ms. Gary also talks about finding the unpublihsed works of Margaret Wise Brown and her work over the last 12 years to get these works into publication.
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