Born:
  Indiana,

Current Home:
Bisbee, Washington,

Patrick Jennings Author Visit Kit

Author Visit Kit

By Patrick Jennings

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Patrick Jennings is a teacher and librarian. Currently, he is working as an author full-time. An important part of this work is visiting schools.

His first book, Faith and the Electric Dogs was a Booklist Editors' Choice and a Texas Bluebonnet Master List selection.  It has also received three starred reviews.  His more recent novels, The Wolving Time and Out Standing in My Field have each garnered glowing reviews.  Of The Wolving Time, Publishers Weekly (in a starred review) wrote, "This page-turner delivers a fascinating commentary on what constitutes true goodness." Out Standing in My Field was a BookSense pick, a Chicago Public Library "Best of the Best" book, and received two starred reviews.

"One of the most important themes in my work, and in my interactions with students, is the power language holds to excite the imagination, to express one's ideas and emotions, and to bring people closer through empathy and understanding. 

"I prefer to work in collaboration with the teaching staff, to discuss the visit beforehand, to become a part of their plans and curriculum.  My goal is to be an aide to them in the challenging and vital task of motivating their students toward valuing their own education and developing their own creative powers."

Author's Home:  Port Townsend, Washington
Suggested audience:  Grades K - 12
Honorarium: $1000 per day plus expenses. $1200 plus expenses for out-of-state visits.
Maximum number of presentations per day:  3 (depending on length)

For more information, visit http://www.patrickjennings.com/.

Get ready for your Author Visit by buying Patrick Jennings’ books from the Scholastic Teacher Store. We accept both credit cards and school purchase orders.

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  Out Standing in My Field by Patrick Jennings Ty Cutter is a lousy right fielder. He can’t catch, he can’t hit—he can barely keep from tripping over home plate. Everyone knows his sister, Daisy, is a zillion times better at the game than he is. So why doesn’t he just quit? For one thing, Ty loves baseball. For another, Ty’s father is also the coach of his team. “The Professor” is a baseball fanatic who’s pouring his unfulfilled major-league dreams into the least-talented person on the team — his son. $16.95 Hardcover Book | Grades 3-7

  
  Out Standing in My Field
  Grades 3-7 $16.95
  
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  	The Wolving Time by Patrick Jennings A family of werewolves faces the human evil of persecution in this tense and spellbinding novel from one of Scholastic Press' favorite authors. $16.95 Hardcover Book | Grades 2-6

  
  The Wolving Time
  Grades 2-6 $16.95