Lynne Cherry
LYNNE CHERRY'S SPEAKING/ BOOKSIGNING/ 2006-2007 TUESDAY NOV. 14, 2006 NOON-2:00 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INSTITUTE, 1616 P St., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036 WEDNESDAY NOV. 15, 2006 NASA Noon-1:00 Thursday NOV. 16, 2006 SIERRA CLUB 401 C St., N.E. Washington, DC 20002 noon-2:00 WEDNESDAY NOV. 29, 2006 EARTH DAY NETWORK 1616 P. St. NW, Suite 340, Washington, DC contact: Sean Miller 202-518-0044 FRIDAY DECEMBER 1, 2006 NATURE CONSERVANCY 4245 North Fairfax Drive Suite 100 , Arlington, VA 22203 Christie Phillips 703-841-7494 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6, 2006 ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP EWG NOON-1:00 1718 Ct. Ave. NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20009 Contact: Jovana Ruzicic 202-939-9144 FRIDAY DECEMBER 8, 2006 12:30-1:30 OCEAN CONSERVANCY 2029 K St. NW Washington, DC 20006 contact: Jack Sobel (202)351-0454 MONDAY DEC 11, 2006 WORLD WILDLIFE FUND Noon-1:00 1250 24th St. NW, Washington, DC 20037 2nd floor Contact: Rudo Meda 202-778-9541 TUESDAY DECEMBER 12, 2006 CLIMATE INSTITUTE 1785 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036 contact: John Topping 202.547-0104 jtoppingjr@ WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 13, 2006 NEW AMERICAN DREAM Takoma Park, Md. SATURDAY DECEMBER 16, 2006 FLORIDA AQUARIUM, Tampa MONDAY DECEMBER 18 Florida Aquarium Members' Night TUESDAY DECEMBER 19, 2006 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION NSF Noon-1:00 National Science Foundation, Arlington VA 22201 Dana 703-292-8070 2007 JANUARY 12-13, 2007 National Conference for Media Reform, Memphis, TN. FEBRUARY 3, 4, 5, 2007 MAEOE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL OUTDOOR EDUCATORS, Ocean City, NJ March 13-15, 2007: New England Solar energy Association's Conference & Trade Show: NESEA's Building for a Changing Climate Boston, MA. March 15-18, 2007 LEEF Conference--League of Environmental Educators of Florida West Palm Beach, Florida March 18-21, 2007: Canoe Exploration among the Mangroves of East Florida with Environmental Musician Rosie Emery and Ken Lindeman of Environmental Defense March 26-July 27, 2007, Orlando, FL This is Our LandExhibit of Children's Book Art including The Armadillo from Amarillo at the Orlando Museum of Art March 29-April 1, 2007 NSTA-- National Science Teachers Association National Conference St. Louis, Missouri. Lynne Cherry giving the Mary C. McCurdy Lecture12:30-1:30 pm America's Center April 9-10, 2007 University of Texas at San Antonio April 9th Evening talk April 10th two workshops (210) 458-5971 Miriam.Martinez@ APRIL 16th and 17th, 2007 Wyandot Elementary School, Dublin, OH. Tuesday, April 24, 2007 Middlesex Elementary School, Carlisle, PA May 13-17, 2007 IRA International Reading Association Conferenc, Toronto, Canada Lynne Cherry's SESSION 12:30-3:15 pmhttp:/ Saturday, May 19, 2007 Toledo Zoo May 19 - Opening of This is Your Land Children's Book Art Exhibit in Baltimore at Enoch Pratt Free Library August 4-10, 2007 Lynne Cherry leading a workshop at the Family Summit in the mountains of North Carolina. For info:  Lynne Cherry speaks about the complex web of life including pollination and other ecosystem services. There is Much Current Research on the Effects of School Gardens on Learning and Behavior. For the full TOOL KIT and clickable links about the Effect of School Gardens go to BOOKS and click on the title of How Groundhog's Garden Grew1. Improving Academic Achievement: Gardens improve standardized test scores. 2. Holistic learning and brain receptors 3. Habitat for Learning 4. Creating habitat for and Sharing the World with non-human inhabitants. 5. Teaching Science: Gardens make science come alive and fun and easy for teachers to teach. 6. Agriculture and food System connections: give kids first-hand knowledge about where their food comes from. 7. Nature Connections: Connecting children to Nature and their place in the food chain 8. Arts and Aesthetics: Creating a garden creates something beautiful. 9. Saving funds by making it unnecessary to take field trips: the schoolyard becomes the nature center. 10 Life Skills: teaches kids how to grow their own food. 11. Health Benefits: provides exercise through digging and pick-axing. 12. Nutrition Education: Kids learn how what they eat, they are. 13. Addressing Hazards and Risks (such as bee-stings and thistles). 14. School gardens and Community Outreach: the school garden becomes a Community garden in the summer. 15. Behavior and Physical Well-Being |
Author Talks & CV Rainforest ecology and temperate forest ecology have many similarities. Click here to see the curriculum Rainforest/Your forest. Description of Lynne's School & Conference Talks Lynne Cherry speaks passionately about teaching students a respect for the earth and how living in our democratic society enables children to make a difference in their world. In her 45-minute presentation, she talks about how her books were inspired by her love of the natural world and how using nature to integrate curriculum makes a child’s learning relevant. A national study showed that when teachers teach core curriculum: math, social sciences, literature, science, art--essentially everything--under an umbrella of nature/ Lynne Cherry remarkable slides show Amazon flora and fauna that she photographed while researching The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest, The Shaman’s Apprentice and Flute’s Journey. Her slides of the Nashua River, the subject of A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History, show the condition of the river before and after it was cleaned up. Children and teachers are appalled by the condition of this river before the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Clean Water Act. Lynne Cherry shows slides of the old growth forests she visited to research The Dragon and the Unicorn, a tale of the ancient forest. Lynne introduces geography by showing maps of where she lives and where she has traveled to research her books: the rainforests of Brazil, Suriname, Costa Rica, Peru, and Madagascar. While talking about The Armadillo from Amarillo, her fanciful geography for children, she shows images of earth from space that she obtained from an astronaut friend. Lynne Cherry suggests ways that her books may be used to integrate math, science, social studies, history into curricula through environmental themes. For instance, The Great Kapok Treecan be used to teach about how all living things are interconnected or to teach about the rainforest comparatively—i.e. how is the rain forest similar to the forest near your school? How is it different? Flute’s Journey will help children realize how rain forest ecosystems are connected to the ecosystem in your community. The Sea, the Storm and the Mangrove Tangle will inspire children to write letters to save mangroves and children in Florida might want to go out and replant and protect mangroves in their communities. How Groundhog’s Garden Grew, will inspire schools to transform their schoolyard into nature centers which also provide a peaceful place to read a book and make connections to the other living things with whom we share our world. Her talk gives the audience ideas about teaching and learning in exciting new ways, and leaves them with hope and inspiration. Honorarium and Expenses: Lynne Cherry's fee is $2200 a day plus travel and hotel expenses (negotiable for local appearances and for environmental groups). (Note: A dinner or evening presentation is an additional $500.00.) A day consists of two presentations and one or two book signings (and a possible additional evening presentation and signing.) Lynne enjoys speaking to groups of students who want to work on a specific project such as land preservation in their community, starting a school garden, creating schoolyard habitat, ridding their school cafeteria of styrofoam or, in general, creating a more sustainable school and community. For more information about having Lynne Cherry speak, please contact Lynne Mehley at Farrar, Strauss, Giroux at Lynne.Mehley@ Praise from Reviewers and Letters from Fans (for reviews of How Groundhog's Garden Grew go to "In The News") The Great Kapok Tree “Dear Lynne Cherry, I wish I could draw and paint as well as you do! That is a beautiful and powerful book…My Lorax doesn’t fell quite so lonely now that your great birds and beasts have come to join him.” Ted Geisel (Dr Seuss) “…she traveled to the Amazon to research the illustrations… It shows. She’s drawn the animals and vegetation in great detail and with loads of color.. New York Times Book Review A River Ran Wild Dear Lynne, I wanted to take this opportunity to commend you for all of the work that you do to promote environmental awareness among our children. You have truly made a difference. Al Gore Flute’s Journey: The Life of a Wood Thrush Insatiable curiosity, dedication to environmental activism, and artistic talent have placed this gifted author at the forefront of children’s literature. Living Bird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University The Armadillo from Amarillo An ecological jewel that sparkles with multifaceted spin-off possibilities. School Library Journal The Snail’s Spell The adventures in learning provided by author and artist is captivating, encompassed in a book that grownups will appreciate as well as children for its sheer beauty.Publishers Weekly If I Were in Charge of the World Lynne Cherry’s drawings are superb. If I were in charge of the world, I’d see that she had enough ink for a lifetime and nothing to do but draw. Nashville Banner |
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