Kari-Lynn Winters

Readings

Kari-Lynn's 50 minute interactive presentations are both educational and engaging. They include: readings from her published and soon-to-be-published books and magazine stories combined with puppets, songs, improvisation games, take-away strategies for drama and literacy (e.g. making connections, visualizing, critical thinking, as well as the 6+1 traits of writing) that can be used in classrooms, a question period, and a book signing (Preschool up to grade 5).

Special Equipment:

A digital projector is helpful. However I can present without it.

Book Sales:

Copies of books can be brought to be sold and autographed.

Workshops

For a complete list of Kari-Lynn's workshops, please visit her website at http://kariwinters.com/author-visits.

Special Equipment:

A digital projector and an easel.

Book Sales:

Copies of books can be brought to be sold and autographed.

Other Presentations

I am available for both Keynote addresses and teacher/librarian professional development workshops. I can cater these presentations to the needs of your audiences. Some topics include: reading and writing strategies, using drama and going beyond words, growing up as a struggling reader/writer, creating picturebooks, poetry, and so forth.

Biography

Kari-Lynn Winters is an award-winning picture book author, playwright and performer who enjoys being in the classroom in any of these capacities. She recently accepted a position at Brock University as a professor of drama-in-education and literacy. Her graduate work, which was completed at the University of British Columbia, focused on combining the arts with reading and writing.

When Kari-Lynn began to write children’s picture book manuscripts and submit them to publishers about eight years ago, people often shook their heads, advising her to write novels instead.

“It is so difficult to get picture books published in these times,” they said.

But Kari-Lynn persisted, continuing to collect, read, research and write picture books. Her persistence paid off. Today, thirteen picture books that Kari-Lynn wrote — including Jeffrey and Sloth, aRHYTHMetic: a book and a half of poetry about math, Runaway Alphabet, On My Walk and When Chickens Fly — have been accepted for publication by Orca Book Publishers, Simply Read Books, Tradewind Books and Gumboot Books. In addition, she has had poetry and non-fiction pieces accepted for publication in KNOW Magazine for Curious Kids, Fandangle, and ChickaDEE and academic chapters and articles about student literacy published by Heinemann and in The Reading Teacher.

Kari-Lynn says the best thing about writing for children is that she can share silly ideas in funny and interactive ways and that she can talk to children about their own experiences as young authors. She currently lives in St. Catharines with her husband, two kids and two cats. To learn more about Kari-Lynn please see her website, www.kariwinters.com.