Why invite a guest author to your school?

Author visits are wonderfully enriching for students! The experience excites children to read and inspires them to become readers & writers themselves. Open the mind of a child to become an author and explore the exciting careers in the world of writing, illustrating, editing, and publishing.

Tricia Martineau Wagner’s hands-on, living history presentations correlate with the topics in her historical non-fiction books. Ms. Wagner is a dynamic and engaging guest author with twelve years of experience as an elementary education teacher and reading specialist. Her high-interest history/writing programs are well suited for students in grades two through eight.

As a primary resource, Ms. Wagner is highly sought after for sharing her vast historical knowledge obtained through:

• reading one hundred-fifty-year-old journals, diaries, and news accounts
• interviewing descendants of pioneers and slaves from the 1840s -1860s
• visiting points of interest along the pioneer trails across the country
• stopping at safe houses along the Underground Railroad and climbing into hiding places along slave escape routes

The author’s four historical non-fiction books dovetail perfectly with the Standard Course of Study & Competency Goals established by the state. Teachers and homeschoolers on a local and national level enjoy taking advantage of this wonderful educational opportunity. Ms. Wagner’s presentations may be used as a front-loading experience or a culminating event for units of study.