I am currently booking school visits for the 2022-2023 school year! My current presentation is best suited for pre-K to second graders. I focus on my picture book, TWO DOGS ON A TRIKE and talk about how the words and pictures work together to make this story.
I show the kids how I worked with Gabi Snyder’s text and created the pictures—from finding inspiration and drawing the initial rough sketches to creating the final artwork. I also talk a little bit about how I became an illustrator and about how I deal with being frustrated when my drawings don’t look the way I want them to!
I do virtual visits for $200 (one 30-45 minute presentation), or on-site visits in the New York City area starting at $600 for one to two 45-minute presentations. Please email me if you’d like more information. You can email me at: robin[at]robinrosenthal.com
“[Robin’s] Zoom visit had the 90+ students engaged the whole time. The visit was interactive as she did real time illustrating demos and had the kids do it as well. To the joy of the students, she gave them feedback on their illustrations.
Her focus was on how she creates and what her individual process is, as well as what creating a picture book from beginning to end entails. She talked about editing and revising with input from editors and publishers and how mistakes and corrections are part of the process. She made plenty of time for Q & A and was caring and thoughtful in her replies.
The visit was amazing as it hit on every feature of what makes a strong author/illustrator visit: it was personal, engaging, inspiring, and will be memorable for all of the students.”
From Adam Marcus
Librarian/P.S.32 teacher, Brooklyn, NY
(Spring 2020 virtual visit)
Screenshot from a recent virtual visit.
Sample slide from my presentation.