VS Grenier would love to bring her books and short stories to your classroom!
VS Grenier is currently available for author visits in the Westren United States Region. If you would like VS Grenier to visit your school or organization, please contact her by using the form at the bottom of the page.
Meeting an author of children's books is a motivational activity that:
- Encourages sturdents to read
- Improves reading, listening, and visualization skills
- Stimulates creativity and imagination
- Enhances writing skills
- Encurages research
- Exposes children to a variety of literature
- Helps children realize an author is an ordinary person
- Helps children learn how to develop ideas for stories
- Helps children understand good writing comes from revision
- Helps children understand the process of how an idea can become a published book
VS Grenier School Visit Schedules:
Full Day Visit:
Author Presentation after morning announcements. Full school assembly. (time 1 hour)
First workshop, Grades 5th or 5th and 6th (time 30 minutes)
Second workshop, Grades 1st and 2nd (time 30 minutes)
Visit AM Kindergarten (read two of my favorite books-15 minutes)
Lunch with Faculty
Visit PM Kindergarten (read two of my favorite books-15 minutes)
Third workshop, Grades 3rd and 4th (time 30 minutes)
Wrap-up assembly, Full school (time 30 minutes)
HALF Day Visit:
Author Presentation after morning announcements. Full school assembly. (time 1 hour)
First workshop, Grades 4th, 5th, and 6th (time 30 minutes)
Visit AM Kindergarten (Read two of my favorite books-15 minutes)
Second workshop, Grades 1st, 2nd, and 3rd (time 30 minutes)
Lunch with Faculty
Visit PM Kindergarten (Read two of my favorite books-15 minutes)
Wrap-up assembly, Full school (time 15 minutes)
TWO Day Visit:
1st Day:
Author Presentation after morning announcements, Grades K-2 (time 1 hour)
Author Presentation, Grades 3-6 (time 1 hour)
Visit AM kindergarten (read and talk to students-20 minutes)
Lunch with Faculty and Select Students
First workshop, Grade 5th or 5th and 6th (time 30 minutes)
Second workshop, Grade 1st (time 30 minutes)
Visit PM Kindergarten (read and talk to students-20 minutes)
2nd Day:
Third workshop after morning announcements, Grades 4th (time 30 minutes)
Fourth workshop, Grades 2nd (time 30 minutes)
Fifth workshop full assembly (suggest Becoming a writer workshop-time 1hour)
Break
Lunch with Faculty
Sixth workshop, Grades 3rd (time 30 minutes)
Seventh workshop, Grades 1st, 2nd, and 3rd (time 30 minutes)
Eighth workshop, Grades 4th, 5th, and 6th (time 30 minutes)
Wrap-Up assembly, full school (time 30 minutes)
Handout Packet for students from VS Grenier: • Children's book suggested reading handout
• A list of places to submit their writing and artwork for publication
• Current issue of Pages & Pens (A monthly newsletter for students, parents, and teachers.)
• Current issue of Stories for Children Magazine on disk
• Certificate of participation in a Stories for Children Workshop
• Certificate of participation in the Muse Reading and Writing Appreciation Week. (If visit is during Reading and Writing Appreciation Week)
• Bookmarks and pencils
• My contact information so students can send me their questions on writing.
• Stanley Bookman Readig and Writing Membership Card
Children can also purchase autographed books written by VS Grenier, creating a sourenir to keep. Schools will get 20% of the sales to help fund reading and writing programs.
VS Grenier's books (click on the title for more information)