Teachers & Librarians

Guides:

*Revised to align with Common Core State Standards

Contact Info:

Are there questions you have about Jack Gantos that haven’t been answered here? Please write to him at:

Jack Gantos
c/o Editorial Department
Farrar Straus Giroux BYR
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
175 Fifth Avenue, 7th floor
New York, NY 10010

Reviewers, editors, and media contacts, send requests on company letterhead to:

Children’s Publicity Department
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
175 Fifth Avenue, 10th floor
New York, NY 10010
Fax: 646-307-5290
E-mail: childrens.publicity@macmillanusa.com

Educators and librarians, send queries to:

Children’s Marketing Department
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
175 Fifth Avenue, 10th floor
New York, NY 10010
Fax: 646-307-5290
E-mail: KidsSchoolAndLibrary@macmillanusa.com

Author Appearances:

HONORARIUM:

The host should be prepared to pay a per day honorarium plus all expenses (round-trip travel from Boston, hotel, and meals).
It is the host’s responsibility to estimate expenses.
There is an additional fee for a teacher workshop / library-association talk if it is requested as part of a school visit.

LENGTH OF STAY:

Regarding school visits, the author prefers to have two to four days of local school visits coordinated by primary contact.

SESSIONS:

School Visits:  Jack can work with K-12 and will do three sessions with students grouped in appropriate grade levels. Assemblies are fine. If requested, will do a teacher workshop / library-association talk for an additional fee.
Conferences / Professional Associations: He will do one to three presentations; any size group.

DESCRIPTION:

School Visits: Grades K-3: The author focuses on the development of a picture book. Using Rotten Ralph as the main character, Jack takes the children through the literary elements of storyboarding.
Grades 4-6: He works with the children on journaling—how to set up a journal, map out and brainstorm ideas, and then pull ideas from the journal to work into a short story; goes over character development, situation, climax, and denouement.
Grades 7 up: Jack can do a creative writing workshop with the students or talk about the influences on his development as a writer or some combination thereof.
Conferences / Professional Associations:  He will gear his talk according to the organizations needs / themes.

If you wish to issue an invitation, please fill in the following form, or email gantosbooks@gmail.com with the following info below:

Your Name*

Your Address*

Your Phone Number*

Your Email Address*

Days, Dates & Times Requested (and alternates)

Location

Purpose of the visit:

How long will each session be?

How large do you expect the audience to be in each session?

If a school visit, what grade levels will Jack be working with?

If a school visit, will Jack be asked to do a teacher workshop / library-association talk as well?

Will there be autographing sessions? (If so, you are responsible for ordering books and handling sales. The publisher will provide information regarding their book ordering policy.)

If possible, include a draft of the daily schedule Jack might expect.

I confirm that the per day honorarium is being offered and that all expenses will be covered

The host is required to cover all the author's expenses - travel, hotel, and meals - associated with the visit.

I confirm that the author will deliver a maximum of three presentations plus book signing

Interviews, articles, and other online resources

Interviews with Jack Gantos (2007 and 2011) at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast, A Blog About Books. 2007: http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=937 2011: http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=2165

“Jack Gantos: Author Program In-depth Interview.” TeachingBooks.net (August 14, 2001).
“Jack Gantos: On Domestic Craziness and Big-Hearted Kids.” An interview with Gail P. Gregg, The ALAN Review, volume 28, number 2 (Winter 2001).
“Jack Gantos on Journaling.” A video interview, TeachingBooks.net, 2001.
“Jack Gantos at the National Book Festival.” Library of Congress, 2005.
“Meet the Author: A Video Interview with Jack Gantos.” ReadingRockets.org (undated).
“The Next Level: Using Journals to Write Great Short Stories” by Jack Gantos. Book Links, volume 7, number 5 (May 1998).
“Q&A with Jack Gantos.” skateboardmom.com, 2001.
“Writing What I Know & Finding Joey Pigza” by Jack Gantos. Scholastic.com (undated).