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Kari-Lynn Winters
BIO
Biography

Dr. Kari-Lynn Winters is an award-winning children’s author, playwright, performer, and academic scholar. Thirty-three of her picture or poetry books have been published or are in press. An experienced teacher of writing, Kari-Lynn has worked with students across Canada and the United States in pre-schools, elementary and high schools, community centres, festivals, and universities. Kari-Lynn is a full professor at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. Her research interests include embodied literacies, drama in education, children’s literature, literacy, and multimodal forms of learning. http://www.brocku.ca/education/directory/teachered/klwinters More information about Kari-Lynn Winters and her books (i.e., book reviews, author visits, teachers’ guides) can be found at http://kariwinters.com/

ADDRESS
City: St. Catharines, Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Hungry for the Arts
Publisher
Fitzhenry and Whiteside
Year
2022
Title
On the LIne
Publisher
Pajama Press
Year
2021
Title
Just Bea
Publisher
Tradewind Books
Year
2022
Title
What if I am Not a Cat?
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Year
(forthcoming, 2023)
Title
Zoom-in On Zombies
Publisher
Fitzhenry and Whiteside
Year
(forthcoming, 2024)
Title
All Our Love
Publisher
Scholastic
Year
2024
Title
Hungry for Engineering
Publisher
Fitzhenry and Whiteside
Year
(forthcoming, 2024)
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Presentation details
Audience Size
Audience size
Up to 500
Presentation Genre
Children's Literature, Drama, Non-Fiction, Picturebooks, Poetry
Presentation Length
50 min.
Presentation Description
Presentation description

Full STEAM Ahead!

21st Century authorship for children, when coupled with STEAM literacies, requires out-of-the box thinking and authors who aren't afraid to question, hypothesize, and re-imagine. STEAM-focused inquiry is highlighted in this primary/junior grade workshop. Students will have hands-on opportunities to connect to literacy and other disciplines (e.g., science, technology, engineering, arts, math), while acting, singing, and actively exploring poems and non-fiction books. This presentation features Kari-Lynn’s books: aRHYTHMetic, Hungry for Math, Hungry for Science, Hungry for the Arts, and Buzz About Bees.

 

Keep’em Laughing!

Humour is a tremendous tool for writers. When done well, it can make your stories more memorable and engaging. In this workshop, award-winning children’s author and playwright Kari-Lynn Winters will draw on her own books as well as the writing of others in order to demonstrate concrete ways to hone your humour and to keep your audiences giggling. This presentation features Kari-Lynn’s books: Jeffrey and Sloth, When Chickens Fly, and What If I am NOT a Cat?

 

Reading Through the Seasons

Delving into the changing of the seasons, weather patterns, and the joys of playing seasonal sports, this interactive presentation aims to inspire children to discover a love of reading. Specifically, this fun-filled presentation will give children opportunities to infer information, read together, engage in active phonetic play, sing songs, and discover fun facts about the natural world. Here, Kari-Lynn will highlight several of the engaging and informative books that she has written on this topic: On My Walk, On My Swim, On My Bike, On My Skis, No Matter-What-Friend, Runaway Alphabet, and Let’s Play a Hockey Game.

 

ACTion Packed

As a professor of literacy, Kari-Lynn knows that picture books involve a synergy of words, illustrations, and performance. Aims for this presentation include exploring interACTive stage-to-the-page writing strategies that help students structure a plot, develop better dialogue, bring voice to a narrative, and captivate an audience. These tailor-made (you can choose from any of the books Kari-Lynn has written), 50 -minute hands-on sessions are both educational and engaging. They include readings from her books and plays, puppets, songs, visuals, strategies for reading comprehension/writing composition, props, and a question period.

Presentation Fee(s)
Please contact me directly at karilynnwinters(at)gmail.com for details.
Workshop details
Audience Size
Up to 60
Intended Audience
Children, Adults
Workshop Length
60 min.
Workshop Description
Workshop description

Bea You! Everyone Else is Taken

Managing emotions, getting along with others, and establishing a sense of identity and belonging are key components of social-emotional learning. In this lively and informative presentation, with the help of Kari-Lynn’s picture books, students will actively (and artfully) explore key concepts of social-emotional learning to foster positive environments, build tolerance and empathy for others, and to participate in active listening. Here, Kari-Lynn will not only read books that she has authored but will use arts-based techniques such as pop-up story, puppetry, and role play to delight young children. This workshop features Kari-Lynn’s books: Stinky Skunk Mel, Just Bea, On the Line, and What if I’m Not a Cat?

 

 

Literacy Leaps

Invite the reader to participate, wonder, and question. Explore the cadence of the language. Create images in the readers’ minds. These are writing concepts that many young authors grapple with, regardless of genre. This literacy workshop demonstrates some of the tools you can use to make your writing leap, sing, and dance off the page. This presentation features Kari-Lynn’s books: Jeffrey and Sloth, Gift Days, French Toast, and On the Line.

Workshop Fee(s)
Please contact me directly at karilynnwinters(at)gmail.com for details.
School presentation details
Audience Size
Up to 500
Intended Audience
Toddlers, Children, Parents, Teachers
Presentation Length
50 min.
Presentation Description
Presentation description

Full STEAM Ahead!

21st Century authorship for children, when coupled with STEAM literacies, requires out-of-the box thinking and authors who aren't afraid to question, hypothesize, and re-imagine. STEAM-focused inquiry is highlighted in this primary/junior grade workshop. Students will have hands-on opportunities to connect to literacy and other disciplines (e.g., science, technology, engineering, arts, math), while acting, singing, and actively exploring poems and non-fiction books. This presentation features Kari-Lynn’s books: aRHYTHMetic, Hungry for Math, Hungry for Science, Hungry for the Arts, and Buzz About Bees.

 

Keep’em Laughing!

Humour is a tremendous tool for writers. When done well, it can make your stories more memorable and engaging. In this workshop, award-winning children’s author and playwright Kari-Lynn Winters will draw on her own books as well as the writing of others in order to demonstrate concrete ways to hone your humour and to keep your audiences giggling. This presentation features Kari-Lynn’s books: Jeffrey and Sloth, When Chickens Fly, and What If I am NOT a Cat?

 

Reading Through the Seasons

Delving into the changing of the seasons, weather patterns, and the joys of playing seasonal sports, this interactive presentation aims to inspire children to discover a love of reading. Specifically, this fun-filled presentation will give children opportunities to infer information, read together, engage in active phonetic play, sing songs, and discover fun facts about the natural world. Here, Kari-Lynn will highlight several of the engaging and informative books that she has written on this topic: On My Walk, On My Swim, On My Bike, On My Skis, No Matter-What-Friend, Runaway Alphabet, and Let’s Play a Hockey Game.

 

ACTion Packed

As a professor of literacy, Kari-Lynn knows that picture books involve a synergy of words, illustrations, and performance. Aims for this presentation include exploring interACTive stage-to-the-page writing strategies that help students structure a plot, develop better dialogue, bring voice to a narrative, and captivate an audience. These tailor-made (you can choose from any of the books Kari-Lynn has written), 50 -minute hands-on sessions are both educational and engaging. They include readings from her books and plays, puppets, songs, visuals, strategies for reading comprehension/writing composition, props, and a question period.

 

 

Moving With Math

Students use movement, storytelling, rhythms, improvisation, and fingerplays to create understandings of math concepts. This presentation features Kari-Lynn’s books: aRHYTHMetic and Hungry for Math.


 

Keep’em Laughing!

Humour is a tremendous tool for writers. When done well, it can make your stories more memorable and engaging. In this workshop, award-winning children’s author and playwright Kari-Lynn Winters will draw on her own books as well as the writing of others in order to demonstrate concrete ways to hone your humour and to keep your audiences giggling. This presentation features Kari-Lynn’s books: Jeffrey and Sloth, When Chickens Fly, and What If I am NOT a Cat?

 

 

Presentation Fee(s)
Please contact Ross Street Agency for details (rossstreetagency@gmail.com).
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