Inspiring Presentations and Workshops That Ignite Creativity!
*Now Booking Virtual Readings, Art Workshops & Educational Events*
Susan and Courtenay are a dynamic author-illustrator team with 17+ years’ experience working with students in the classroom. Their assemblies explore the collaborative and technological elements of creating a book as they take the students on the exciting journey of how they made our dream book a published reality.
Their fun, interactive presentations get the kids thinking about where ideas originate and how you can grow those ideas into something bigger. Emphasizing the importance of research, revision and collaboration, they take students through the steps of getting a book published, and how that path can be both traditional and untraditional, i.e. digital books and self-publishing. They also offer workshops and author/illustrator visits focused on emotions and coping skills where they read their books and lead students through one of several art activities created for each book. Or they can design an activity to fit the needs of your students. If your school or community has experienced a traumatic event, they would like to help. Susan and Courtenay also love to share their own story through informative workshops for teens and adults interested in learning more about the process of creating and publishing children’s books. Learn why their motto is “Shoot for the moon --you might land on the Space Station”! Please contact them for information on scheduling and fees. “Susan and Courtenay had a deep understanding of the school partnership program and tailored their presentations and intuitively adapted it to each student group. They were flexible and gracious, even participating in school spirit week attire.” – Julia Weinstein, Rockwern Academy Librarian |
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SOME RECENT EVENTS, APPEARANCES AND SCHOOL VISITS
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SCHOOL VISITS:
St. Andrews Episcopal School, Austin TX The Clariden School, Dallas, TX Rockwern Academy, Cincinnati, OH Hays-Porter School, Cincinnati, OH The Bright School, Chattanooga, TN Jackson Road Elementary, Atlanta, GA Porter Ranch Charter School, Porter Ranch, CA Beverly Vista Elementary, Beverly Hills, CA Westwood Charter Elementary, Westwood, CA Calvert Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA Enadia Tech, Woodland Hills, CA Millikan Middle School, Sherman Oaks, CA Lanai Road Elementary School, Encino, CA Encino Elementary School, Encino, CA Los Encinos School, Encino, CA St. Cyrils School, Encino, CA Salem Lutheran School, Glendale, CA San Diego Naval Base Preschool Encino Presbyterian Children's Center Stagg Elementary School, Van Nuys, CA Tulsa Elementary School, Granada Hills, CA Howell Mountain, Napa, CA Carthay Elementary, Los Angeles, CA Round Meadow Elementary, Calabasas, CA Sherman Oaks Elementary, Sherman Oaks, CA Christa McAuliffe School, Saratoga, CA St. Andrew's Episcopal School, New Orleans, LA McGehee School, New Orleans, LA Vaugh G3 Academy, Pacoima, CA |
LIBRARIES, FESTIVALS & WORKSHOPS:
Highmark Caring Place-Children's Grief Awareness Day Event Voices For Children of San Antonio: Virtual SEL Bibliotherapy Seminar Santa Barbara French Festival, CA Gift of Reading Holiday Festival, Van Nuys, CA Los Angeles Public Library Summer Author Series (multiple branches) 2017- 2019 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Orange County Children's Book Festival Los Angeles Public Library, Indie Author Day Workshop Los Angeles County Fair Topanga Earth Day Festival California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA Tennessee Tiny House Festival Seattle Northwest Solarfest Oregon Tiny House and Simple Living Festival New Jersey Tiny House Festival Tiny House Jamboree Florida Tiny House Festival Georgia Tiny House Festival Boulder City Public Library, NV Get on the Bus, Center for Restorative Justice Works program San Diego Downtown Library A Window Between Worlds (trainings for children's trauma caseworkers and social workers) Wise Readers to Leaders, Wise Temple, LA |
PR APPEARANCES (TV, RADIO, MAG, PODCASTS, ETC):
WCAI Cape Cod WCPO, Cincinnati, OH WXIX, Cincinnati, OH Real Mom Daily Cyrus Webb, Conversations LIVE! Tiny House Podcast Tiny House Expedition Podcast Tiny House Magazine Chit Chat Cafe Hope After Divorce Good Men Project Child Life Mommy Blog HOSPITAL READINGS: Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Ryan Seacrest Studio Boston Children's Hospital Egleston Children’s Hospital, Atlanta BOOK STORE SIGNINGS: Chavalier's Book Store, Los Angeles, CA Warwick's Books, La Jolla, CA Once Upon a Time Books, Montrose, CA Third Place Books, Seattle, WA |
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For more information about Susan and Courtenay, please visit their Author and Illustrator websites: www.susanbernardo.com www.courtenayfletcherstudio.com Art Activities can be found here: |