DONNA GEPHART -- AWARD-WINNING CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR AND SPEAKER
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SCHOOL VISITS . . .

THURBER HOUSE WRITING WORKSHOP, COLUMBUS, OH

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 "Donna is an amazing, inspiring, and hilarious teacher who can excite even the most reluctant writer." 

-- Meg Brown, Manager of Children's Programming at Thurber House


FLORIDA SCHOOL VISIT

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"Donna Gephart GETS middle schoolers.  She is sincere, kind, smart and really funny.  Our 5th-7th graders LOVED her book and laughed themselves silly during her author visit to Manatee Academy."

-- Debbie Remington, Media Specialist and President SLC Reading Council,
St. Lucie County, Florida
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TEXAS SCHOOL VISIT

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“Donna was awesome with the kids, and they loved her.   They will always remember the day Donna visited Curtis Middle School!”

-- Kay Hawkins, Media Specialist at Curtis Middle School
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"Donna was very down-to-earth, funny and engaging—and that was through e-mail! In person, she was even more wonderful to work with than I imagined! She did two presentations for us, each with a very large audience (about 500 students in each—yes, we have a big school!)."

SCHOOL VISITS -- PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL
(Read more about recent visits here, here and here.)


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"Donna was fun, energetic and had great information to share with our students!"  -- Marie Harris-Smith, Media Specialist

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"You made such a lasting impression in the minds of my students.  They will always remember your visit.  We hope to have you back soon!"  -- Cherise Cruz, 5th grade Reading Teacher


TO ARRANGE A FUN-FILLED SCHOOL VISIT, CONTACT LISA McCLATCHY, RANDOM HOUSE AUTHOR COORDINATOR, FOR SCHEDULE AND FEES.

SCHOOL VISIT INFORMATION FROM RANDOM HOUSE.

SKYPE VISITS . . .


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"That was absolutely great!  You were so funny and the students were so stunned to be actually Skyping with an author - it was wonderful."

-- Mary Guerrette, Malone Middle School Librarian, NY

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DONNA'S SKYPE VISITS FOR CLASSROOMS AND BOOK CLUBS, CLICK HERE.