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TITLES
A Wealth of Books in Print
- Imagine a Dragon (Boyds Mills Press 2008)
- Penguins! Strange and Wonderful (Boyds Mills Press, 2007)
- American Slave, American Hero: York of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Boyds Mills Press, 2006)
- Snakes! Strange and Wonderful (Boyds Mills Press, 2004)
- Come to the Ocean's Edge (Boyds Mills Press, 2003)
- Bear Hug (Boyds Mills Press, 2003)
- Whales! Strange and Wonderful (Boyds Mills Press, 2003)
- Dog of Discovery: A Newfoundland's Adventures with Lewis and Clark (Boyds Mills Press, 2002)
- Crows! Strange and Wonderful (Boyds Mills Press, 2002)
- Sharks! Strange and Wonderful (Boyds Mills Press, 2002)
- Dolphin Man: Exploring the World of Dolphins (Boyds Mills Press, 2002)
- Scholastic Encyclopedia of Animals (Scholastic, 2001)
- Global Warming: The Threat of Earth's Changing Climate (Chronicle, 2001)
- Bats! Strange and Wonderful (Boyds Mills Press, 2000)
- The Environmental Movement: From Its Roots to the Challenges of a New Century (HarperCollins, 2000)
- One Room School (Boyds Mills Press, 1998)
- Everybody Has a Bellybutton: Your Life Before You Were Born (Boyds Mills Press, 1997)
- Nature! Wild and Wonderful (autobiography, R.C. Owen, 1997)
- Taking Care of the Earth: Kids in Action (Boyds Mills Press, 1996)
- Dinosaurs! Strange and Wonderful (Boyds Mills Press, 1995)
- Octopus Hug (Boyds Mills Press, 1993)
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AWARDS
In February 2005 Larry won a major lifetime achievement award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (officially the award is called the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books). Previously won:
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- Special Conservation Award from the National Wildlife Federation "for numerous outstanding environmental books aimed at children and young adults."
- National Council of Teachers of English 1998 Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, for An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly.
- The 1999 Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for work that contributed "significantly to the quailty of nonfiction for children."
- More than 70 of Larry's titles have been selected as Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children by the National Science Teachers Association — most recently Snakes! Strange and Wonderful (2004). Many of Larry's titles also earn starred reviews and a place on honored lists.
GRADES
K-8
LENGTH OF PROGRAMS
About 30-35 minutes for K-1; 40-50 minutes for grades 2-8
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Larry prefers to give up to 6 programs a day so that groups are somewhat smaller; this allows more personal interaction with students. He also welcomes the opportunity for a "writers' lunch" with a group of students selected by teachers. All of his varied programs aim to nurture writing skills and excite interest in science, biography, and other nonfiction literature (and, generally, in reading!).
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS, AND AUTOGRAPHING
A day's visit can include one or more WRITERS' WORKSHOPS (the number of students must be limited since they will have an opportunity to read what they have written). Special programs can be arranged for book fairs and other events celebrating children's literature. Larry provides an up-to-date list of contact people and numbers at publishers, from which schools can order books (at substantial discounts) for autographing.
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"Dr. Mel Levine wrote, 'Writing is one of the largest orchestras a kid's mind has to conduct.'
"My programs aim to make that 'conducting' task a bit easier. I enjoy sharing ideas about the writing process with kids, and students are surprised to learn that even an accomplished, much-published author feels that writing can be hard work."
FEES
$1,300 for a full day of up to 6 programs, and sometimes travel and lodging expenses for trips requiring an overnight stay. Cost may be reduced when 3 or more days are spent in the same area.
LEARN MORE ABOUT LAURENCE PRINGLE
Laurence Pringle
PO Box 252
11 Castle Hill Lane
West Nyack, New York 10994
Telephone: 845-623-7275
2nd Telephone: 845-623-7273
Email: octopushug@yahoo.com
Website: www.laurencepringle.com