Cynthia Lord
$1,800+/day plus expenses.
Newbery Honor award-winning novel, Rules (Gr. 4-7), sheds light on a young girl’s life with her autistic brother. "No toys in the fish tank" and other rules open up communication, their identities and looking at life differently. Works include middle-grade novel, Because of the Rabbit; and A Handful of Stars (Gr. 3-7); chapter book, Half a Chance (Gr. 3-7); new Book Buddies series, Ivy Lost and Found on a blended family (Gr. 1-4); picture books in the Hot Rod Hamster series (ages 3-5); the Shelter Pet Squad series (Gr. 1-3); her second novel Touch Blue (Gr. 3-7); and non-fiction book Borrowing Bunnies (Gr. 1-2) on fostering rabbits. Presentation shows her rules for a first draft, how to “write what you know,” the importance of revision, how to add detail, and step outside your imagination.
Grades Pre K–7
