School Visits -
Pacific Northwest

Some of the Northwest's Authors & Illustrators who Make School Visits.

Originally collected and compiled by Billy Cook. Special thanks to Rama Bapat (www.arkaCreations.com)for redesigning this web page!

Please e-mail Robin Koontz - robink at scbwior.com with your new information or links.

Website: http://www.teleport.com/~northpaw
Address: 174 Lakeview Rd., Emerald Hills Ca 94062
Phone:650-556-1135
E-Mail:northpaw@teleport.com
Titles: Wonderful Story of Edgar Elf
Harry Potter & the Sorcerers Stone: Viewmaster 3D toy
It's Halloween
Pink Pig
Sandy Paws is Coming to Town
Sorting All Sorts of Socks
Spaghetti & Peas
Special People, Special Ways
We're all Special.
School Visits: Elementary & Middle Schools - TOPIC: illustrating picture books.

Website: http://www.ellenbeier.com
Address:5453 SW Windflower Drive, Corvallis, OR 97333
Phone:541-766-8329
E-Mail:ellenbeier@yahoo.com
Titles: 18 Penny Goose (Walker)
The Promise Quilt (Candice F. Ransom)
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montogomery)
The Blue Hill Meadows (Cynthia Rylant) TOPIC: Slide show on Anne of Green Gables.
School Visits: K-12, Middle School

Address: 845 NW 114th Ave. Portland, OR 97229
Phone:503-646-1820
E-Mail:cannon_annie@hotmail.com
Titles: Ma Jiang and the Orange Anys ( Porte)
Tale of a Tadpole (Porte)
Whistle Home ( Honeycutt)
The Bat in the Boot
You Hold Me & I'll Hold You (Carson).
School Visits: Limited availability

Phone:971-285-7711
E-Mail:elaynaalexandra@gmail.com
Titles: Sherman the Frog Meets the Snow Princess
School Visits: Grade Kindergarten-8, and teachers
Reading - Including Art Projects.

Website: http://www.deborahhopkinson.com
Address:6559 Palomino Way, West Linn, OR 97068
Phone:509-301-1826
E-Mail:grand@hevanet.com
Titles: Apples to Oregon
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek
Into the Firestorm
Sky Boys
Girl Wonder
Up Before Daybreak
School Visits: K-6 including large group presentations on What Makes a Writer? as well as writing workshops; also Conferences for teachers and librarians:

Website: http://www.mjarts.com.
Address:7322 SE 112th Avenue, Portland, OR 97266
Phone:541-760-3272
E-Mail:marty@mjarts.com
School Visits/Titles: Declaration of Independence (Melinda L. Thompson)
Oregon At Last (Dina Anastasio)
Rainbows and Other Promises

Website: http://www.maikemble.com
Phone:714-296-0425
E-Mail:yeshchatte@gmail.com
Titles: The Moon and the Night Sweeper
Taylor's Birthday Party
I Can Speak Bully (to be published in Fall of 2009).
School Visits:Elementary

Website: http://www.amberkeyser.com
Address:14830 NW Ash Street, Portland, OR 97231
Phone:503-293-3290
E-Mail:amber.j.keyser@gmail.com
Titles: An Algonquin Heart Song: Paddle My Own Canoe
Cells with Max Axiom
Genes with Max Axiom
Articles in Odyssey Magazine, Globio.org, and Mothering.
School Visits: K-8, interactive presentations on wilderness canoeing, poetry, birth of a book, and bringing science to life; Workshops for adults: graphic novels and science, bringing science into writing, making critique groups work for you

Website: www.robinkoontz.com/
Address:P.O. Box 336, Noti, OR 97461
Phone:541-935-4589
E-Mail:robink at robinkoontz.com
Titles:Furlock Holmes and Muttson (ER series)
Butterfly Spring
Up All Night Counting
Animal Differences
School Visits:Adult workshops: illustration and publishing

Website: http://www.lindasawaya.com
Address:PO Box 91192, Portland, OR 91192
Phone:503.297.7497
E-Mail:linda@lindasawaya.com
Titles: How to Get Famous in Brooklyn
The Little Ant
Alice's Kitchen: Traditional Lebanese Cooking
School Visits: Art residencies, murals, how to illustrate a story workshop, Lebanese cooking class.

Website: http://www.elsawarnick.com
Address:636 NW 20th Avenue, #7, Portland, OR 97209
Phone:503-228-2659
E-Mail:elsawarnick@earthlink.net
Titles: Summerbath, Winterbath
Song for the Whooping Crane
They Walk the Earth
They Swim the Seas
Ride the Wind
This is What I Pray Today
Hugs on the Wind
Toilets, Toasters & Telephones
Bedtime.
School Visits: 5-HS