As an author Mary Jessie Parker has spoken before adults and children at state and local Young Author celebrations, Illinois Reading Council meetings, library programs, school assemblies, and in classrooms from kindergarten through high school.

PICTURE BOOKS PUBLISHED

Our Winter Deer (NorthWord Books for Young Readers 2008)
Wild and Woolly (Dutton Children’s Books 2005)
City Storm (Scholastic 1990)
Night Fire! (Scholastic 1989)

Mary Jessie Parker’s fiction stories, articles and poems have appeared in Cricket, Jack And Jill, Pennywhistle Press, Grit, and Volunteer Fireman magazines.

SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR TALKS, PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS

How a Book Becomes a Book
Writer to Author
A Few Words (Or How Dreams Come True)
Writing In The Classroom (writing ideas and starters for teachers)

REVIEWS

Wild and Woolly “This sheepish takeoff on ‘The City Mouse and The Country Mouse’ turns out to be quite a feast of quirky, unexpected humor and Rousseau-like folk art. It’s also a rewarding tale of friendship.” (School Library Journal)

City Storm “…this short mood piece is as refreshing as summer rain.” (Booklist)

Night Fire! “…successfully simple in communicating how a fire starts and how help is found.” (The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)

Contact information:

Telephone: (217) 837-2015