Johanna Hurwitz Born:
October  09, 1937
New York, New York,

Current Home:
Great Neck, New York,

Johanna Hurwitz Author Visit Kit

Author Visit Kit

By Johanna Hurwitz

Johanna Hurwitz, a trained storyteller and a former children's librarian, is comfortable speaking to small or large groups of students. She has spoken to as many as 800 students at a time – and can do it again if necessary. She talks about how she gets the ideas for her books and about the writing process. A question and answer period rounds out her talk.

Author's home: Long Island, New York
Suggested audience: grades K-6/ Professional Groups
Maximum number of presentations per day: 3
Honorarium: $1800.00 per day plus expenses. Public Libraries and Professional conferences negotiable.


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    Class President

    Class President

    by Johanna Hurwitz

    Julio discovers his latent leadership skills as the class prepares to hold an election for class president.

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    El payaso de la clase

    El payaso de la clase

    by Johanna Hurwitz

    Lucas Cott, the class clown of the 3rd grade, decides to become the perfect student - but finds it hard to change his ways. "Hurwitz demonstrates her Cleary-like gift for making the everyday stuff of real life both funny and touching." - Kirkus

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