Grades 4 through 9
Program length: 60 minutes
Drawing on the content of her newest book, THE HIVE DETECTIVES, Loree introduces students to the amazing world of a honey bee colony, and to the dream team of scientists scrambling to understand the mysterious disorder that currently threatens it. This presentation pulls students into a dramatic real world crisis—the onset of colony collapse disorder, or CCD—and shows them how the scientific method is being used to study it.
Grades 4-9
Program length: 60 minutes
Lots of kids have heard the story: 29,000 rubber bathtub toys fell from a cargo ship in the Pacific Ocean and floated, quite literally, around the world. What they may not know is that this fleet of rubber duckies has become the basis of an international scientific research program aimed at better understanding our world ocean. Drawing on the content of her first book, Tracking Trash, Loree tells students a fascinating story of drama, intrigue, science and geography.
Grades 4-9
Program length: 60 minutes
In this presentation for young writers, Loree uses dilemmas from her own work—in particular, the writing of THE HIVE DETECTIVES—as a tool to encourage students to explore their own writing choices.
Grades 4-9
Program length: 60 minutes
Writers are storytellers, and we have been telling and re-telling the same stories for ages. How do we keep these stories interesting? By telling them from our own unique point of view, that's how. In this presentation, Loree uses slides, props and anecdotes to tell students how her first book, Tracking Trash, came to be ... even though the story had been told several times before. Students leave the presentation with an understanding of the bookmaking process as well as an awareness of how to tell unique stories by infusing them with their own passions and interests.
Grades K-3
Program length: 30 minutes
In this program, Loree shares the tools she has used to conduct field research for each of her books … and asks students to guess what the book in question was about. This interactive presentation keeps younger students engaged and helps them to think about both writing and scientific research in new ways.
I am always happy to speak to writers and other interested adults about my experiences writing, researching, and publishing children's books. Please contact me for more information or to schedule a presentation.