[Publib] Authors as Experts Web-Based Seminar

[Jeanette Larson]

JOIN AUTHOR JENNIFER ARMSTRONG AT A WEBINAR 
THAT WILL BRING HISTORY ALIVE FOR YOUR LIBRARY
COMMUNITY

About Jennifer Armstrong:

Jennifer Armstrong is an award-winning author who has
written more than 100 books for all ages, from
pre-school through young adult. Her new books are,
Once Upon a Banana, illustrated by David Small, and
The American Story: 100 True Tales from American
History, which Tom Brokaw called, “A wonderful gift
not only to the children of this country but also
their parents." 

Among her other recent works are, Photo by Brady: A
Picture of the Civil War, a James Madison Book Award
Honor Book and Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World:
The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the
Endurance, winner of the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for
Outstanding Nonfiction. Ms. Armstrong is also the Vice
President of the board of directors at Ausable Press,
one of the leading not-for-profit small poetry presses
in the country. She sits on the board of the Universal
Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs, New York, a
project to turn a historic church into a performing
arts center. 

About the Webinar: Bringing History to Life 

“Much of what I do as a writer of historical fiction
and nonfiction is to put myself into the period I am
writing about, by collecting as much information as
possible and then reading between the lines.  I
extrapolate the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of
history by drawing inferences from my research. 
Because of my background as a novelist, I search
historical information for the most compelling
stories, and bring these narrative skills to my
nonfiction writing.   Young people who can discern the
human interest in history will find studying history
more exciting than they imagined it could be.”
--Jennifer Armstrong

Participants will learn:

1. How to design “day in the life” scenarios from
historical information
2. How to use material culture to spark creative
history-telling
3. Ways to use books, maps and documents as
springboards for creative history-telling
4. Ideas for intergenerational oral history
programming in the library
5. Suggestions for bringing community organizations
into the library 
for history-themed programming

Seminar: Bringing History to Life 
Date: February 16, 2007
Time: 11 a.m. Eastern Time [10 a.m. CT, 9 a.m. MT, 8
a.m. PT]

Format: This is a web-based seminar. Registered
participants will receive participation instructions,
log-on information and a toll-free number to dial in
for the audio portion of the seminar upon payment of
the registration fee. Seminars run for approximately
one hour.
 
Cost: $50 per person

Discounts are available for group registration. 
To Register: send your name and contact information
to: registration at raabassociates.com. 

Payment methods: Please call 914-241-2117 to pay by
American Express, Visa or MasterCard, or send your
check to Raab Associates Inc., 345 Millwood Road,
Chappaqua, NY 10514. Payment must be received at least
3 days prior to the seminar.

About the Authors as Experts Webinars:

This webinar is part of a series of programs produced
by Raab Associates Inc., a marketing and public
relations firm specializing in children’s and family
books and products, in cooperation with Library
Services Consultant Jeanette Larson, the former Youth
Services Manager at Austin Public Library. For more
information visit
http://www.raabassociates.com/webinars.htm.