books   art   blog   bio   visits   calendar   media   freebies   etc.   Schedule a Visit with "e":      Thank you for your interest in inviting e to speak at your school or event! CLICK HERE for a list of her past speaking engagements for children and adults. For pricing and details, please read on. Honorarium: $300 per session for Virtual Visits (details below) $950 per day if no overnight is required, + travel (gas) and meal expenses $1250 per day if overnight or flight is required, + travel (air/car/escort), hotel and meal expenses — A day includes one to two assemblies for 3rd graders to adults, 20 minutes to 1 hour long; or three K-3rd presentations, 20 minutes each. Groups can range from 20 to a gazillion attendees. Note! If you are a public librarian or bookseller and you are able to arrange a paid visit for me in your area, I will give a free presentation at your library or bookstore on the same day! Virtual Visits using Skype: It's a virtual world and e loves using technology in exciting new ways. Want to join her? For 3rd graders and up, e will walk them through her online slide show about the process of creating a picture book and the life of an illustrator, followed by Q&A. To conduct a virtual visit, you will need a Skype account, a computer with a web-cam and internet access, external speakers, and two monitors/screens or projection screens (you can also use a second computer if two monitors/projection screens are not an option). Looking for funding? Consider teaming up with a nearby school to split costs, hosting a fund-raiser through your PTA, or go to: SchoolGrants.org How to Write a Grant Educational Enrichment Foundation Grants Alert.com The Maureen Hayes Author/illustrator Award National Book Scholarship Fund Leap Frog Target Donors Choose Starbucks Wells Fargo Bank Schedule email to schedule a visit. References available on request. How Does a School Visit Work? (If you've invited e to speak - please read!!)      Get the kids excited - setting up a successful school visit can be a lot of fun. The more the students and staff get involved, the better the visit will be!      Go to the ALSC's (Association for Library Service to Children) for tips on preparing a great visit or read . . . Preparing Your School: — Check e's calendar for available dates. email to invite e to your school or event. — Read and show e's books to your students. Start gathering questions. — Visit dulemba.com to download coloring pages you can use to decorate in anticipation of e’s visit! Set up a display of e’s books in the library and/or on a billboard near the entrance to your school. Send an announcement home to the parents. Promotional materials such as a list of e's books, their covers, and a photo can be downloaded at her MEDIA PAGE. — Order books! Six weeks before e's visit, customize and send home a book order form (200kb .pdf) with your students to make the visit a personal experience.      Metro Atlanta schools order books through Little Shop of Stories in Decatur, Georgia      (404) 373-6300 or littleshopofstories@gmail.com.      Out of town order books through your local independent bookseller.      Note: School discounts are often available so be sure to ask! — Teachers, let e know if there is anything in particular you are studying that she could pull into her presentation to help tie the visit into your current curriculum. Two Weeks Before e’s Visit: — When books arrive, place order forms in each book with a note explaining who the dedication should mention. (Please allot time for e to sign personalized copies during her visit.) — Not all children can afford books. Download free activity pages as hand-outs under freebies. — Check with e to make sure everything is in place and will run smoothly. Set-Up — e provides her own easel and drawing pad to draw characters from her books which she will sign and leave for the school. It's a good idea to have some aerosol hairspray on hand to affix the pastels. — If the audience will be large, a head-set microphone is a good addition. Also, craft paper affixed to a room divider or rolling bulletin board can make for a larger-than-life drawing demonstration. Fun! — If you can set up a computer (with internet access) to a projector, e will share a demonstration of her digital illustration process to students 4th grade and up (or very mature 3rd graders). The slide show is buried at a secret link in her website which she will share for easy set-up. — Choose a presentation room where mild screaming and raucous laughter will not disturb other classrooms. The Day — Designate somebody as e's main contact person to answer questions, work out any last minute details, and take pictures for e to post on her blog. — If more than one school is involved, please provide a driver as e tends to get lost easily. — Allot time for e to sign books (see above note about dedications). — Be sure to provide lunch as e tends to bite when she’s hungry. If students will be joining her, please make sure arrangements are in place. (This can be turned into a fun contest or award incentive.) — Please allow time for bathroom breaks - sounds obvious, but . . . Kind Praise: "Thank you twice for the wonderful program on Wednesday last. You were so amazing and with such an oddly matched group. We had several compliments from folks later in the evening. I'm always just blown away by how easy you make drawing look. Thank you for the wonderful picture of Rosebud. She is just beautiful and the Friends of the Decatur Library will be getting her framed for display in the Children's Room."         — Patricia Dollisch, Youth Services Manager, Decatur Library "Thank you for inspiring our students! . . . Our budding artists and authors will thrive as a result of you sharing your time and talents with them."         — Principal Bernetta Jones-Jordan, Avondale Middle School, May 2006 "Your visit was quite well received and you did a very good job of communicating to your audience the nature of your work and interesting them in it. . . . Keep doing what you're doing!"         — Media Specialist Beverly Gaines, Avondale Middle School, May 2006 "Good reality, honesty with encouragement." "Good candid and encouraging talk. Very good info, tips, etc." "Great speaker. Knows her stuff."          ­ Participants at the Blue Ridge Writer's Conference, March 2005 "Great instructor - so willing to share her expertise and go the extra mile." "Elizabeth delivered an amazing amount of information in a very short time. She was upbeat and helpful the entire time." "Instructor was really great . . . patient and willing to instruct each student in the way they needed."         ­ Beginning Drawing Students, John C. Campbell Folk School, August 2005 "Thanks for coming in and doing the talk, Elizabeth. You are so generous with your knowledge about your market. I heard several unprovoked comments calling the talk very informative, showing both the good and bad of children's book illustration and well worth the time. You are welcome at SCAD anytime."         - Jay Montgomery, Instructor, Savvanah College of Art & Design, Atlanta Campus, January 2007 "Elizabeth is very positive and has an informal style that is perfect for a class of beginners. I've learned more than I ever thought possible for a weekend class." "Elizabeth was thoroughly enjoyable and very knowledgeable. Explained and taught so very understandably." "My first formal drawing education and I enjoyed it very much. Terrific instructor, very patient. Thank you, "e"!         - Beginning Drawing Students, John C. Campbell Folk School, May 2007 All Artwork © Elizabeth O. Dulemba,  - Y'all play nice, Okay?