From: Judink at aol.com <Judink>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 13:41:09 -0500 (EST)

In a message dated 97 02:29:08 EST, you write:

<< I'd be interested to hear how other
 public librarians visiting classrooms have approached this. Not so
 much title recommendations as strategies for presenting picturebooks
 in a class visit setting. >>


I'm not a librarian, but I am part of an author team that writes picture books among other books. We often present picture books in a classroom or even auditorium setting, a real challenge. We've found it most effective to get permission from our publishers to make colored overheads of the illustrations. So far we haven't had any problem getting permission for classroom use. (You can get this done at Kinko's or if you have a colored laser printer, make them yourself. Kinko's will ask you to sign a release.) The teachers are usually glad to help us out by showing the overheads if we are reading in chorus; otherwise, we take turns presenting the text while the other reads. We've tried just holding the book up, but it's not as effective. There's something about those big pictures... Hope this helps.

Judy Enderle One of the Two Badd Babies
Received on Mon 10 Nov 1997 12:41:09 PM CST