Anita Silvey Children's Book Expert

Speaking

Ani­ta Sil­vey is an engag­ing and ver­sa­tile speak­er whose deep knowl­edge of children’s book pub­lish­ing, libraries, and edu­ca­tion will help your guests arrive at a bet­ter under­stand­ing of the field. Pro­grams can also be planned to meet your group’s spe­cif­ic needs.

Ani­ta has an ele­men­tary school pre­sen­ta­tion on “Explor­ers” that fits well into a STEM cur­ricu­lum for 4th and 5th graders.

Please con­tact Wind­ing Oak to invite Ani­ta to speak at your library, col­lege, muse­um, con­ven­tion, or group meeting.

Audi­ence Comments

One Community Reads

Look­ing for a good book for One Com­mu­ni­ty Reads? Choose Every­thing I Need to Know I Learned from a Chil­dren’s Book. Invite com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers, garage own­ers, teach­ers, librar­i­ans, radio and TV per­son­al­i­ties, gro­cery store clerks, coach­es, teens, and chil­dren to share which chil­dren’s book great­ly influ­enced their life. Cre­ate video inter­views, news­pa­per arti­cles, book clubs, and a com­mu­ni­ty pro­gram. Invite Ani­ta Sil­vey to speak about her heart­warm­ing and star­tling expe­ri­ences gath­er­ing the sto­ries for this book. Inspire read­ers through­out your com­mu­ni­ty with this discussion!

One Com­mu­ni­ty, One Book Plan­ning Guide

Possible Presentation

Open this print­able PDF for descrip­tions of each of these programs.

  • Explor­ers, a fun­ny, but edu­ca­tion­al, talk about female and male sci­en­tists who had great courage and what they dis­cov­ered (appro­pri­ate for 4th and 5th grades)
  • Cel­e­brat­ing the Calde­cott: The sto­ries behind some of the great Calde­cott Medal and Hon­or Books (adults)
  • True Sto­ries, True Hero­ines and Heroes, and True Believ­ers (adults)
  • 100 Best Books for Chil­dren:
    Our Great­est Books and the Sto­ries Behind Them (adults)
  • The Children’s Book-a-Day Almanac:
    Find­ing the Right Books for Your Chil­dren (adults)
  • Ques­tions and Answers about
    Con­tem­po­rary Pub­lish­ing (adults)
  • The Best Nov­els for Grades K‑6 Class­rooms (adults)
Anita Silvey discusses Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall with readers at the Blue Bunny Bookshop
Ani­ta Sil­vey dis­cuss­es Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall with read­ers at Blue Bun­ny Books
Anita Silvey, Peter H. Reynolds, Margie Leonard, and Kimberly Huynh at Blue Bunny Books
Ani­ta Sil­vey, Peter H. Reynolds, Margie Leonard, and Kim­ber­ly Huynh at Blue Bun­ny Books