Appearance Contacts
To invite Pat to your event or to offer a workshop, please contact one of the publishers below.
PLEASE NOTE: THE CONTACTS BELOW ARE ONLY FOR SCHEDULING APPEARANCES.
Presentations by Pat
Pat keynotes conferences and offers workshops on literacy, creativity, leadership, the writing process and serving diverse populations. Popular themes include:
- ZING! Seven Creativity Practices for Educators and Students
- Sharing Bookjoy: Teachers & Librarians Linking All Children and Young Adults to Books, Languages and Cultures
- Family Literacy: Growing a Country of Readers
- Parents as Partners
- Untapped Potential: English Language Learners
- Book Fiesta: El día de los niños/El día de los libros, Children's Day/Book Day
- The Challenge of Advocacy; The Power of Poetry
- A Writer's Journey
A partner in meeting your event goals, Pat shares a PowerPoint program that includes information about her life and her journey as an author. She reads from her award-winning books for children, teens and adults, and welcomes a Q&A session. In speaking to educators, she affirms their importance and motivates them to connect their educational journey with that of their diverse students. Her programs for Students: 2nd to 12th grade, designed to motivate students to be readers and writers, include a more interactive PowerPoint, an audience-appropriate presentation that can be in English, Spanish or bilingual.
A literacy advocate who loves to share bookjoy, Pat also enjoys readings of her poetry and nonfiction for adults.
To invite Pat to speak about her books for adults:
To invite Pat to lead a workshop or speak about her book, Zing! Seven Creativity Practices for Educators and Students,
please contact:
Amelia Arias, Corwin Press, 800-831-6640, ext. 7149 , Amelia.Arias@corwinpress.com.
To invite Pat for a University Reading/Lecture, please contact:
Carmen Peña Abrego, Arte Público Press, 713-743-2999, carpen@Central.UH.EDU.
To invite Pat to speak about her books for young adults:
To invite Pat to do a YA Conference or High School Presentation, please contact:
To invite Pat to speak about her children’s books:
To invite Pat to speak at a Children's Literature Conference, offer a Workshop, or participate in a School Visit, please contact one of the following:
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Lisa McClatchy, Random House, 212-782-9369, Liske@aol.com. Random House can also be reached at Author & Illustrator Appearances, a site with excellent suggestions for planning an author visit.
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Carmen Peña Abrego, Arte Público Press, 713-743-2999, carpen@Central.UH.EDU.
Hannah Ehrlich, Lee & Low Books, 212-779-4400,
ext. 29, hehrlich@leeandlow.com.
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HarperCollins Children's Books, authorvisits@harpercollins.com.
