Carol is a member of two awsome writing groups - The Marbles and the Inksters. The Marbles is a group of fabulous ladies who gather together online to share their love of picture books. You can go directly to their joint website at www.thewritemarbles.com for more details. The Inksters began as a picture book critique group, but over the years the members have also each written non-fiction journalism, non-fiction books, middle grade novels and YA. The members include, Pamela Turner, Deborah Underwood, Keely Parrack, Nancy Case and Carol Peterson. Please see their various websites or more information on their books. |
EventsALSC SALT LAKE CITY, 2008 Carol will be presenting "Science Programs in the Library" at the 2008 Association for Library Services to Children (part of the American Library Association). This year's event will be held in Salt Lake City, September 18-20. For more information, go to: http:/ MINI CLASSROOM EVENTS FOR KIDS Carol will come to your classroom and present a “mini event” for students with activities, games, and handouts. Choose one of the following mini events. HOP BACK IN TIME - Children will learn about history by “living” it. Carol will lead 3 activities from her book, Jump Back in Time. Choose from one of the four periods: • Ancient history • Native American history • Colonial America • Pioneer Days SKIP AROUND THE WORLD - Carol will present one holiday of your choice from her book, Around the World Through Holidays. She will lead students with her Readers’ Theatre play and related activities. TIP TOE INTO SCIENCE - Carol will lead students in 3 experiments from her book, Jump into Science. Choose from one of four areas of science: • Earth science • Ecology • Life science • Physical science WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS Make Learning Fun with Cross-Curricular Activities Carol will come to your school and explain how to incorporate activities into the classroom to encourage literacy, history, math, and science skills. She’ll cover classroom sized full-day events as well as events for days of “immersion” for large groups of children. WRITER WORKSHOPS DON'T JUST SIT THERE - DO SOMETHING In her presentation, Don’t Just Sit There – DO Something, Carol Peterson shows writers how activity writing can help sell and promote fiction and open up new non-fiction markets. Part of the workshop will involve interactive brainstorming with attendees for ideas for articles they could propose to children’s magazines. COMBINING FICTION AND NON-FICTION FOR THE WIN Writers are either fiction writers or non-fiction writers. Or both. But never in the same project. Wrong! This workshop will focus on combining fiction and non-fiction in the same piece. The first half of the workshop will discuss using fiction techniques when writing straight non-fiction. The second half will show writers how to combine both genres in the same piece, for an unforgettable story that will wow both kids and editors. Contact information: Carol Peterson carolpeterson@ www.carolsmagicquill.com |
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