We have appeared in front of classes ranging from pre-school to 6th grade, so we tailor our appearances to our audience. For younger kids, it is largely sing-a-long and reading of our books, in which we also bring varying percussion instruments from around the world (mostly African). Kids play along while Danny plays guitar. The songfest includes standards the kids will know as well as originals, often but not always based on our books. To play a brief movie clip of a recent songfest, click the appropriate link below:

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For kids older than pre-school and Kindergarten, we don't play quite as many tunes, and we start to introduce kids to all kinds of concepts: We bring in some of Kim's original artwork from Africa Calling and describe how it was made, including sketching, art directing (leading into the comparison of an art director and an editor), dummy, etc. The artwork is three-dimensional and made with an array of items besides just paint on paper, including natural objects such as rocks, sand, leaves, etc. This leads into a discussion of how books are made, and we bring transparencies from the book and progressive (color separated) proofs - combined we have over 25 years professional experience in the children's publishing industry, so this is second nature to us - we hold a very informal, non technical discussion of how books are made.We also bring in unpublished dummies and manuscripts to really stress reading as a key to success in life throughout our presentation.

Kim will also usually sketch for the kids, we talk about being an author & illustrator of course, and host question & answer periods. The older the group is, the less music and more talking there is.

Kids/parents/teachers also have the chance to buy our hardcover books at a nice discount, and of course we will autograph them.

We have done groups from just a handful to several hundred at a time, so no size scares us, although of course we prefer smaller groups who seem to get the most out of it.

Many of you have attended our professional workshops at conferences; if so, you know our goal is to be able to present a balance of useful information and ideas with a mix of our unique perspective as authors, artist, and musician - all in the context of fun. It's never perfect though - and in order to remain relevant, it must be an ever evolving process!

To that end, if you have ideas and/or suggestions you would like to see included, or comments which you believe would be constructive, please drop us a line now.

Thank you!

For more information on school appearances,
please visit our listing at the Author Illustrator Source website, or contact the Adlermans directly for more info: (732) 548-1779
email: info@dannyandkim.com

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Featuring musical instruments hand made by KIDS!