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Fun Facts
April Halprin Wayland--
  • Spends long hours in her garage at night under the hood of poems doing poem repair
  • Has a cat named Snot
  • Named her car (Mortimer)
  • Named her bike (Neon Leon)
  • When she was eight years old, named her knees (Yogurt and Silhouette)


April Halprin Wayland
Author

Recent Titles
New Year at the Pier—A Roshashanah Story (Dial), 
Girl Coming in for a Landing—A Novel in Poems (Knopf),
It’s Not My Turn to Look For Grandma! (Knopf),
To Rabbittown (Scholastic)

Presentations
Kindergarten through adult
April tailors the day to your school's needs. She leads:
  • high-energy assemblies
  • poetry workshops
  • picture book writing workshops
  • creative writing classes
  • small Master Classes for specially chosen students
  • hands-on teacher in services

Assemblies
SECRETS OF A CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITER
April's illustrated presentations emphasize
rewriting. Her message? "Good Writing takes Time." Whatever the age, there's lots of audience participation. Guaranteed fun: April plays the fiddle!

Poetry and Writing Workshops
In her poetry and writing workshops (60—90 minutes—for ages ten and up) April teaches craft and inspires ideas. Workshops include:
  • WHAT WOULD CELERY SAY? THE SILLY SIDE OF MASK POETRY
  • W.O.W!--A WRITERS' OBSERVATION WORKSHOP
  • SECRETS INTO POEMS

Conference Presentations for Teachers and
Librarians and Teacher In-services

All-day workshop:
  • WRITING THE PICTURE BOOK

Shorter workshops include:
  • TURNING THE KEY: HOW TO START THESTORY ENGINE
  • POETRY GAMES FOR YOUR CLASSROOM
  • TAKING THE WHINE OUT OF WRITING AND RHYME

Accolades
"I've taught at schools all over the world, and in my entire career, I've never seen a better author presentation than April's."

"This has been the best day in my teaching career."

"(Her) energy is infectious."

"Not only (was she) fun to watch and listen to, but (she) inspired us to the best writing we've done all year."

"Wow! This is the best and most thorough, practical information I've ever received. Thank you so much."

"This was an outstanding class! I feel invigorated. I not only learned about writing, I learned about LIFE."

For more information about April,
her books, or presentations, visit
www.AprilWayland.com