Award-Winning
Author-in-Schools
Roseanne Thong
Author/Educator
"What a great visit! As a writer and teacher, Roseanne’s workshops inspire, and leave kids itching to get started."
Head Librarian, Singapore International School
Roseanne Thong: Roseanne was born in California, but lived in Asia for 16 years. She is one the leading multicultural children’s book authors, and has worked as a teacher, international speaker, journalist and educational consultant. She has published 14 books, and has taught English for 20 years (kindergarten – university level) in California, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Vietnam. She is fluent in Spanish and Mandarin.
Roseanne’s book, The Wishing Tree, about a unique wish-making tradition, won Skipping Stone Magazine’s 2005 Honor Award for Multicultural Education. Red is a Dragon, a book about colors and Chinese culture, won the 2002 Best of the Year Award from University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center, and honors from Florida Reading Association and Department of Education. Round is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes was featured as the 2000 Best Non-Fiction Title by the South China Morning Post.
Roseanne also writes adult fiction, and speaks to adult audiences on many topics, including Getting your Work Published. Her fiction has appeared in literary reviews in North America and Asia, including Asian Pacific American Journal, Dalhousie Review, Fiction International, Lullwater Review and Louisville Review. Fruit Dreams and Other Asian Stories is her first work of short stories, from which one story was nominated for the Pushcart Prize for Literature.
Description of program:
From Inspiration to Book: author takes you on a tour of her books, staring with the first "flash" of ideas, where they come from, how they're developed, and the various production stages: brainstorming, pre-writing, writing, editing, re-writing, illustrating, layout, and printing. Roseanne gives real-life examples of the writing process, sharing communication from editors, revisions and subsequent re-writes. She shares props that follow the book's growth: scraps of paper for 'brainstorming', dummy books, storyboards, original pencil sketches, color galleys, revisions, uncut printer sheets and final product.
Includes book reading, group writing task/ mini-workshop, and ‘realia’ display from Roseanne’s books.
Additional programs:
Writing Folktales (picture book production) 3rd – 8th
The Editing Process 3rd – 8th
Poetry Jam! (various poetic styles) 3rd – 8th
Make a Wish! (wish-making traditions worldwide) 3rd – 8th
Chinese New Year (through poetry) K – 8th
Chinese Culture through Children's Literature K – 8th
Making Sense with Your 5 Senses (rhyme, rhythm & meter) K–8th
Numbers/Colors/Shapes (theme books/Chinese culture) K–1st
Produce Your Own Picture Book (workshop) 3rd – 8th
Grades: K-8
Instructional Materials Included: Teacher's hand-outs, autographed books for schools
Other: Read Across America, After-School Programs, GATE, Family Nights, Book Clubs, Literature Circles, Author-in-Residence, Community Organizations
CONTACT:
Roseanne Thong
(714) 842-6159
E-mail: rosghk@gmail.com
Web Site: www.greenfield-thong.com