Born:
October  02, 1941
Burlington, Vermont,
United States Of America

Current Home:
New York, New York,
United States Of America

Jeanne Betancourt Visit Kit

Author Visit Kit

By Jeanne Betancourt

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Jeanne Betancourt has written over sixty novels for children and young adults, including Ten True Animal Rescue Stories, My Name is Brain Brian, and the book series Pony Pals and Cheer USA. Her novels have been honored by many Children's Choice Awards. She is also an award winning script writer.

The main character in My Name is Brain Brian is dyslexic. So is Anna - one of the three main characters in the Pony Pals series. (Jeanne and her daughter, Nicole, are also dyslexic.)

Jeanne enjoys working with classroom-sized groups of children who have read her work. She was a classroom teacher (junior and senior high school) for seventeen years before becoming a children's book author and screen writer. She welcomes the opportunity to meet with teachers and librarians in an informal setting or as a guest speaker.

Topics Jeanne might cover in a classroom include: The steps involved in writing a book from idea through the final product (with samples of these stages). The differences and similarities in writing a script and writing a novel. Jeanne often includes a discussion of different learning styles in her author's visit. She concludes her presentation/discussion with a ten-minute reading from one of her books.

Jeanne is an experienced teacher and a lively, engaging speaker.  For more information about her, please visit http://www.jeannebetancourt.com/

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Author's home: New York City
Suggested audience: Grades 3–6
Maximum number of presentations per day: 3 classes of students who have read the author's work
Honorarium: $1,500.00 per day plus expenses

Jeanne Betancourt wrote her first children's book in 1982, and since then has written a wide variety of acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books for young readers.

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  	Pony Pals Grades 2-3 by Jeanne Betancourt See below for complete list of titles. Appropriate titles of equal value may be substituted if any of the listed titles are unavailable at shipping time. Set Includes: Detective Pony Give Me Back My Pony I Want a Pony A Pony for Keeps Pony to the Rescue Too Many Ponies $13.50 You save: 44% Paperback Book Collection | Grades 2-3

  
  Pony Pals Grades 2-3
  Grades 2-3 $13.50
  
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  	Ten True Animal Rescues by Jeanne Betancourt A gorilla takes care of a little boy who falls into her cage at the zoo; a cat saves an infant's life; a dolphin rescues a drowning woman. These and more exciting true stories offer the best in real-life drama for animal lovers! $3.99 Paperback Book | Grades 3-5

  
  Ten True Animal Rescues
  Grades 3-5 $3.99