TINT's Author and Illustrator Speaker Series- Our 34th Year!
For the 34th year, TINT is proud to bring nationally recognized authors and illustrators of popular children’s books to share ways to use their books to motivate and engage children. You will hear directly (over Zoom) from seven published authors and illustrators and learn about their lives. You will participate in conversations about the world of children's literature, gain insight into their writing process and books as well as practical teaching strategies for using this material in the classroom. In this all-new graduate class, spend two Tuesday evenings a month, January through May, growing professionally as you immerse yourself in the fabulous world of children’s books.
Designed for K-8 teachers and media specialists.
All meetings will be held over Zoom.
Dates: Jan 30, Feb 13, Feb 27, March 12, April 9, April 23, May 14, 2024
Time: 6-7:30pm PST
Class options:
Option 1: Earn 3 Graduate Quarter Credits (60 PDUs) from SPU.
Fees: $540 TINT Tuition +$165 SPU credit fee, both paid to SPU.
Assignments include class participation, a response journal and 3 additional assignments that you pick from a long list of options.
Option 2: Non-Credit/Audit (30 PDUs)
Fees: $540 Tuition paid to TINT.
Assignments include class participation and a response journal.
Option 3: Class participant. Join Zoom calls and listen to Author presentations/participate in the question and answer section. No PDUs or Credits earned.
Fees: $200 paid to TINT.
No assignments.
Please note: Even if you have attended before you can take this class again!
Want to participate but worried that you will miss a class or two? Historically, most of our presenters have let us share the class recordings allowing students to listen later!
PRESENTERS:
Mac Barnett is a New York Times-bestselling author of stories for children. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages and sold more than 4 million copies worldwide. Mac’s books have won many prizes, including two Caldecott Honors, three New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards, and three E.B. White Read Aloud Awards. Picture Books include The Shape Trilogy (Triangle, Square, Circle), Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, Extra Yarn and Telephone. Chapter Books include The Terrible Two’s series, The Kid Spy Series, The Brixton Brothers series. Mac lives in Oakland, California. (Speaking January 30). macbarnett.com
James Ponti is the New York Times Bestselling author of three Middle-Grade book series: City Spies, about an unlikely squad of five kids from around the world who form an elite MI6 Spy Team; The Edgar Award-winning Framed! series, about a pair of tweens who solve mysteries in Washington, D.C.; and the Dead City trilogy, about a secret society that polices the undead living beneath Manhattan. He lives with his family in Orlando, Florida. (Speaking Feb 13). jamesponti.com
Joanna Ho is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of many books for kids. She has received the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature Honor, a Golden Kite Award, an Ezra Jack Keats Honor, and a Golden Poppy Award. She is a writer and educator with a passion for anti-bias, anti-racism, and equity work. She has been an English teacher, a dean, the designer of an alternative-to-prison program, a creator of educator professional development, and a high school vice principal. Picture books include Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, Eyes That Speak to the Stars and Eyes That Weave the World’s Wonders, Say My Name, One Day, and Playing at the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma. Her Chapter Book is named The Silence that Binds Us. Joanna lives in the Bay Area. (Speaking Feb 27). joannahowrites.com
Tracey Baptiste is the New York Times bestselling author of Minecraft: The Crash, as well as the creepy Caribbean series The Jumbies, which includes The Jumbies, Rise of the Jumbies, and The Jumbie God’s Revenge. She has also written the contemporary YA novel Angel’s Grace and 9 non-fiction books for kids in elementary through high school inc. She is a former elementary school teacher and on the faculty at Lesley University’s Creative Writing MFA program. Tracey lives in New Jersey. (Speaking March 12). traceybaptiste.com
Gennifer Choldenko is best known for her Tales from Alcatraz 4 book series, which has sold more than 2 million copies. Book #1: Al Capone Does My Shirts was a Newbery Honor Book and the recipient of twenty other awards. Gennifer has also written picture books including Dad and the Dinosaur and Putting the Monkeys to Bed. Her newest book is the first chapter book in a new series called Dogtown that she wrote with Katherine Applegate. Gennifer lives with her loyal husband and naughty dog in the San Francisco Bay Area. (Speaking April 9). gennifercholdenko.com
Molly Idle is the author and illustrator of the Caldecott Honor-winning picture book Flora and the Flamingo (and the rest of the Flora books too). She’s also the creator of the Rex series (which includes Tea Rex and Sea Rex), the mermaid tales Pearl and Coral, and most recently, Witch Hazel. Before pursuing a career in picture books, Molly worked as an artist for DreamWorks Feature Animation studios in California but has since set up shop in the sunny state of Arizona. (Speaking April 23). idleillustration.com
Dan Gemeinhart is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the middle-grade novels The Midnight Children, The Honest Truth, Some Kind of Courage, Scar Island, Good Dog, and The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise. His next book is a sequel named Coyote Lost and Found which comes out in May. A former elementary teacher-librarian and lifelong reader, he lives with his wife and three daughters in a small town in Washington state. (Speaking May 14). dangemeinhart.com
Student Testimonials from 2023 Series 33:
Thank you again for all the work you put in to make this class so meaningful, positive and inspiring. I truly enjoyed each session and l look forward to taking the Author's class again in the future.
I’m so glad that my coworker introduced me to this class. It is absolutely amazing and I love it! I will be sure to pass the word on to other teachers.
Thank you so much for all that you do to make this class so inspiring and meaningful. I look forward to every class and really don’t want it end.
Thank you SO much for this AMAZING opportunity! I have enjoyed every presentation and have learned so much! I am inspired and motivated, things I had not felt in a while with the pandemic. I was humbled by every author who praised teachers! Sometimes we forget the impact we have on the lives of our students and they reminded me of it. I could be the teacher who inspires the next Grace Lin or Matt de la Pena! Thank you again, and I hope to take next year’s.
Thank you so much for another wonderful Author's Class! I really looked forward to the presentations and appreciate the thought-provoking, meaningful assignments.
Thank you so much for another wonderful class. I appreciate all that you do to organize, plan, and make this happen!
Thank you for another great series of authors. I really appreciated the wide diversity of authors that you brought in this year.
While this course is far from over, I’ve love every minute of it. Thanks so much for the opportunity, this experience has been such a motivator for me.
I am so appreciative of your inclusion and diversity this year for the class. I got to see my hero of a write, Kate DiCamillo, but also be inspired by Matt de La Pena whose I knew about as well and Rene Watson. Thank you for putting together this group of amazing writers for us this term.
I really enjoyed the class and will definitely be attending next year.
This was my first time taking the class and I have enjoyed it very much! I look forward to seeing you again in the next class.
Thank you so much for putting together this slate of speakers. It was a lot of fun, and very enlightening!
It was an EPIC lineup of authors. Thank you so much!
Thank you for a WONDERFUL class. The authors were inspiring and the class was so well organized. I learned a great deal in this course.
Thank you for making it possible for us to interact with some amazing authors!
Student Testimonials from 2022 Series 32:
Thank you again for all the work you put in to make this class so meaningful, positive and inspiring. I truly enjoyed each session and l look forward to taking the Author's class again in the future.
I’m so glad that my coworker introduced me to this class. It is absolutely amazing and I love it! I will be sure to pass the word on to other teachers.
Thank you so much for all that you do to make this class so inspiring and meaningful. I look forward to every class and really don’t want it end.
Thank you SO much for this AMAZING opportunity! I have enjoyed every presentation and have learned so much! I am inspired and motivated, things I had not felt in a while with the pandemic. I was humbled by every author who praised teachers! Sometimes we forget the impact we have on the lives of our students and they reminded me of it. I could be the teacher who inspires the next Grace Lin or Matt de la Pena! Thank you again, and I hope to take next year’s.
Thank you so much for another wonderful Author's Class! I really looked forward to the presentations and appreciate the thought-provoking, meaningful assignments.
Thank you so much for another wonderful class. I appreciate all that you do to organize, plan, and make this happen!
Thank you for another great series of authors. I really appreciated the wide diversity of authors that you brought in this year.
While this course is far from over, I’ve love every minute of it. Thanks so much for the opportunity, this experience has been such a motivator for me.
I am so appreciative of your inclusion and diversity this year for the class. I got to see my hero of a write, Kate DiCamillo, but also be inspired by Matt de La Pena whose I knew about as well and Rene Watson. Thank you for putting together this group of amazing writers for us this term.
I really enjoyed the class and will definitely be attending next year.
This was my first time taking the class and I have enjoyed it very much! I look forward to seeing you again in the next class.
Thank you so much for putting together this slate of speakers. It was a lot of fun, and very enlightening!
It was an EPIC lineup of authors. Thank you so much!
Thank you for a WONDERFUL class. The authors were inspiring and the class was so well organized. I learned a great deal in this course.
Thank you for making it possible for us to interact with some amazing authors!
Student Testimonials from 2021 Series 31:
I have loved this series so much and thank you both for coordinating all these amazing people to come and share their life stories and work! I will definitely look to join again next year!
Thank you again for such a fun, inspiring experience! It went far beyond my expectations and impacted me as an educator and a human in ways I did not expect :).
It's been a great class. I marvel over the noteworthy, engaging authors you round up.
As usual, it's been an absolute delight to take the class! You guys are the best!
I have been reading books presented through this lecture series with my second grade students. We have all been loving the stories. So glad this class was offered online.
I’ve really enjoyed this class and will definitely be signing up for more. I also appreciate being able to access the class online with Zoom. Since I’m out of the area, I wouldn’t have been able to participate in person, so thank you. I’ve enjoyed listening to the various authors.
I have been hoping to take this class for a very long time, but haven't because I could not get to the Portland area in the evenings. I was thrilled that my school supported me to be able to take this class. It has been very inspiring and has reignited some creative sparks in my teaching.
Thank you so much for such an enjoyable experience meeting all of the wonderful authors!
This online lecture series was fabulous. This year, teaching has been so hard. This author series has rejuvenated my desire to continue teaching using some wonderful new books.
Previous Author Class Presenters:
Tomie DePaola
Gary Paulsen
David Shannon
Mo Willems
Marc Brown
Steven Kellogg, Jr
Ed Emberley
Bill Martin Jr.
Laura Numeroff
Patricia Polacco
Jacqueline Woodson
AVI
Lois Lowry
Jeanne DuPrau
Kate DiCamillo
Peter Reynolds
Jane Yolen
Mem Fox
Linda Sue Park
Jack Gantos
Kwame Alexander
Todd Parr
Raina Telgemeier
Dan Gutman
Minh Le
Dan Santat
Jerry Pinkney
Brian Pinkney
Katherine Paterson
Vera Brosgol
Lauren Tarshis
Jerry Pallotta
Renee Watson
Grace Linn
Matt de La Pena
Julia Cook
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Andrew Clements
Sharon Draper
Sharon Creech
Renee Watson
Grace Linn
Matt de La Pena
Julia Cook
Megan McDonald
David Wiesner
Jerry Spinelli
Eric Kimmel
Gail Carson Levine
Heather Vogel Fredrick
Graham Salisbury
David Small
Gail Gibbons
Grace Linn
Matt de La Pena
Julia Cook
Gail Gibbons
Marla Frazee
Eve Bunting
Jean Craighead George
Kate DiCamillo
Grace Linn
Matt de le Pena
Vera Brosgol
Renee Watson
Julia Cook
Jerry Pollotta
Stuart Gibbs
Jerry Craft
Zetta Elliot
Shannon Hale
Gordan Korman
Doreen Cronin