Author Visits – Kailan Carr

It's so important to PLAY and not let too much screen time get in the way.

She makes talking about screen time silly and playful.

Her book will help them understand the value of turning screens off and give them so many ideas of things to do instead!

As a former teacher, she also loves to share with students about the process of writing and publishing a book.

What's in the Presentation?

Read aloud of the book to explain why they need time away from screens and inspire ideas for other ways to PLAY!

The writing process (she had 10 rough drafts!), working with an illustrator, book designer, and printing.

Shows kids how technology can be a useful tool, but it’s important to spend time offline experiencing life and not watching it.

FYI ~ None of her presentations present screen time as “bad”. It’s something that exists and is never going away.

Instead, the message is all about prioritizing play.

Screens Away, Time to Play won an Educator's Choice Award! It also has a "Get it" recommendation from Kirkus Reviews.

Pre-K/Kindergarten (30 minutes)

Why I wrote the book
Read aloud
Let's Grow Brain P.O.W.E.R.! (through Play, Outdoors, Work/Chores, Engaging with others, Reading) discussion
Very simplified book process

Grades 1-3 (30 minutes)

Why I wrote the book
Read aloud
Let's Grow Brain P.O.W.E.R.! (through Play, Outdoors, Work/Chores, Engaging with others, Reading) discussion
Slide presentation showcasing the book process - writing, editing, storyboards, illustrating, designing, and printing.

Grades 4-6 (45 minutes)

Introduction of me
Partial read of the book to dive deeper into how screens can hook us and make us miss out on important things
Let's Grow Brain P.O.W.E.R.! (through Play, Outdoors, Work/Chores, Engaging with others, Reading) discussion
Slide presentation showcasing the book process - writing, editing, storyboard, illustrating, designing, and printing
Dissect the rhyme/meter
Discuss nonfiction vs fiction and books as teaching tools
Empowerment that big kids still need to play too
Q & A time

Save your cardboard boxes and she'll bring my Makedo kid safe cutting tools and paint sticks to get the creativity flowing!

This could be in a classroom, library, cafeteria, auditorium, or wherever you'd like!

Kailan can travel to different classrooms or do multiple presentations for the different age groups.

She's yours for the day! Some options are:

Kailan is located in Bakersfield, CA, but willing to travel! Virtual presentations on Zoom are also an option.

Packages start at $150.

If allowed, she'll send book order forms to you so you can send them home before her visit.
She will bring signed books on the day of her visit for you to give out to all who ordered when it's convenient.
Special book pricing for school visits! And even bigger discounts if the school itself wants to order books for students.
For every 10 books sold, the teacher or school gets a FREE book of their choice.
Every student gets a bookmark!
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