BGuthrie Photos: Gaithersburg Book Festival (2019) -- Workshops for Children

Gaithersburg Book Festival (2019) -- Workshops for Children:

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Description of Pictures: Writing Workshops for Children

Let’s Create Fabulous Fishes!
Presented by: Susan Stockdale
Author/illustrator Susan Stockdale will read her picture book, Fabulous Fishes. She will then guide children in exploring different fish shapes, colors and patterns to create their own fish using oil pastels on black paper. They will then write a title for their artwork.

Creating Characters with Character
Presented by: Jonathan Roth and Paul Noth
Stories begin with characters. And the best characters have…character. Paul Noth joins chapter book author-Illustrator and local art teacher Jonathan Roth to help kids come up with characters that are fun, interesting and have meaning to the creator. They will brainstorm ideas, draw figures, come up with meaningful motivations and, of course, cool character names.

The Story of a Name
Presented by: Dawn Little
Names influence who we are and how others view us; join us as we brainstorm individual explanations of the personal or traditional meaning, importance, or origin of your name. Create a name card and illustrate the symbolic meaning behind your name.

A Thousand Words in a Picture
Presented by: Henry N. Caballero
You’ve heard the expression, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” In this workshop participants will work with photos to develop the use of details to improve their creative writing. Participants will learn how to use photos to develop their critical thinking, organize their ideas, develop detailed fictional characters, scenes, dialogue, etc. and base their story or poem on the details of a photo.

Journal Writing for Young Sports Fans
Presented by: Fred Bowen
Be a sportswriter. Cover your own team or even a pro team. Participants can discover more about their sport, themselves and the joy of writing, and create a memory book they’ll want to have their whole life. Bowen, Washington Post/KidsPost sports columnist and author of “Quarterback Season” (about a kid who keeps a journal) will provide tips ...More...

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Copyrights: All pictures were taken by amateur photographer Bruce Guthrie (me!) who retains copyright on them. Free for non-commercial use with attribution. See the [Creative Commons] definition of what this means. "Photos (c) Bruce Guthrie" is fine for attribution. (Commercial use folks including AI scrapers can of course contact me.) Feel free to use in publications and pages with attribution but you don't have permission to sell the photos themselves. A free copy of any printed publication using any photographs is requested. Descriptive text, if any, is from a mixture of sources, quite frequently from signs at the location or from official web sites; copyrights, if any, are retained by their original owners.

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