Jan Young

Author Website: www.janyoungauthor.com
Author Blog: http://janyoungauthor.blogspot.com

Author Address: Winnemucca, Nevada (Pacific Time Zone)

Genre: realistic fiction

Bio: Jan Young is a writer, K-4 Remediation Tutor, substitute teacher, Bible study teacher, and piano teacher. Her husband's cowboying experiences on California and Nevada ranches provide true-life details for her book, The Orange Slipknot. Jack and Jan help people with their horses through clinics, lessons, and training.
The Orange Slipknot has won several awards:

***Selected as the NEVADA BOOK for the 2009 Library of Congress "National Book Festival" Pavilion of the States (Washington DC).
***Finalist for ForeWord Magazine's 2007 Book of the Year Award.
***Finalist for 2008 Moonbeam Children's Book Award.

Presentations:
Presentations can include any of the following, whatever you are interested in:

How I became a writer (can include slide show)
How I came to write The Orange Slipknot (can include slideshow)
Agriculture, beef, and ranching: Where do hamburgers come from? (can include slideshow)
Writing for children
Writing, publishing, marketing books
Working with struggling readers
Horses
The wild horse issue
Cowboys/buckaroos
How The Orange Slipknot was planned (plot, characterization, synopsis, etc.), written, edited/revised, published.
Interactive Reading: The Orange Slipknot. Modeling to students how to become better readers by helping them interact with the text and the author. Beneficial to both students and teachers.

Discussion on writing and publishing, the importance of revising, how to find ideas about what to write, and activities to stimulate student stories and writing.

The History of Ranching in Nevada: a slideshow illustrating how elements such as the western movement, the gold rush, the transcontinental railroad, the Civil War, and the public lands issue interwove to bring about large-scale cattle ranching. Includes the influences of the open range, fencing, water, hay, Basques, buckaroos, and horses. 4th grade to adult, includes teacher handout.

I will adapt my talk to the age of the audience. My presentation includes a display of authentic cowboy gear. I can do Q & A, either prepared or impromptu. I can lead a discussion on a topic of interest (see above).

Audiences:
4th grade through college writing classes
Writers' groups
Librarians
Teachers
Homeschool groups

Available Times:
Anytime.

No recording of Skype Sessions without permission from the author.

No Cost Meet the Author Visit: 10-15 minutes (introduction of myself and my book, Q & A)

In-Depth Visit Length: 45 minutes to an hour, or whatever you like.

In-Depth Visit Cost: $50/hr

Prerequisites: I prefer speaking to groups who have either read The Orange Slipknot or are planning to read it. It is not necessary to have read the book first. If a class or group is going to read the book, it would be great to have several meetings if possible. Before reading the book, I would create interest and give background knowledge; I would love to demonstrate how to approach a new book and use good reading strategies--making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, determining importance and synthesizing. One or more meetings during the reading of the book and one after reading the book would be ideal. Preferably the class will also be using the author's accompanying Curriculum Unit.

If books are purchased directly from me, each can be autographed. If purchased from publisher or a bookstore, I can mail personalized bookplates.

Contact Information: janyoungauthor@hotmail.com

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