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KAY WINTERS
 
I followed my dreams and they came true!

I began my career as a classroom teacher and then a college instructor. Now I’m a children’s book author with a dozen books to my credit.  You can find my poetry, early chapter, and picture books for younger and older children, in schools, libraries, and bookstores. I was a consultant for the American International Schools in Egypt, India, Nepal, Italy, Jordan, Israel and Greece, giving workshops for teachers and children. My love of adventure was fed by riding a horse around the pyramids, having lunch with a Buddhist lama in Nepal, and going on an elephant trek in Thailand. I reviewed children’s books for the Reading Teacher but always the dream persisted. I wanted to write children’s books. Now the happiest moments in my career are the days when a new book arrives and I see how the artist has brought my words to life!

Check out my website www.kaywinters.com for more details and pictures about my books and my visits.

 
 
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Author Visits

My books and school visits are best suited for children in grades K-6. My program is interactive, educational and entertaining, with lively audience participation and performance throughout each assembly. My books range in age appeal from 4 years to 12, tie in with school curriculum and lend themselves to writing and performing activities.  Did You See What I Saw? Poems about School, serves as a model for student writing both in subject matter and format. My Teacher for President prompts children share why a teacher they know should be president. For older students teachers use this book as an example of persuasive writing. Abe Lincoln: The Boy who Loved Books, tells how books changed Lincoln’s life, and he changed ours. The Teeny Tiny Ghost books are favorites with all ages. Sometimes parents create their own ghost and hide it in the school while the students write about what would frighten the little ghost if he came to visit. Voices of Ancient Egypt is often used as a Reader’s Theater with older students. Because I was a teacher, I love coming back to schools. It feels like coming home.

 

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Books
     

Abe Lincoln:
The Boy Who Loved Bookss
Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
Simon and Schuster

   Did You See What I Saw?
Illustrated by Martha Wetson
Viking Penguin 		  My Teacher for President
Illustrated by Denise Brunkus
Dutton 		  The Teenie Tiny Ghost
Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger
HarperCollins
 
         
  Voices of Ancient Egypt
Illustrated by Barry Moser
National Geographic 		 

Whooo's Haunting
the Teenie Tiny Ghost?
Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger
HarperCollins

 

 

Check your library for these other books by Kay Winters:

But Mom Everybody Else Does!  (Penguin)
How Will the Easter Bunny Know? (Random House/Bantam)
The Teeny Tiny Ghost and the Monster ( Harper)
Tiger Trail (Simon and Schuster)
Wolf Watch ( Simon and Schuster)
Where are the Bears? ( Random House/Bantam)

 

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Honors and Awards

My Teacher for President

  • Banks St. College Best Books of 2004 list.
  • Scholastic Book Club and Book Fair, included in their hard cover selections.
  • Nominated for the following state awards:
       The Beehive Award by the Children's Literature Association of Utah.
       The Keystone State Reading Award by the PA Chapter of the International Reading Association.
       The Young Hoosier Picture Book Award by the Association for Indiana Media Educators.

Voices of Ancient Egypt

  • Booklist Editors' Choice '03: Books for Youth editorial staff  named it as one of their best-of-the-year selections.
  • Hardcover copies included in Scholastic Book Fairs.
  • Named by the Chicago Public Library to their Best of the Best list of recommended books for children
    and young adults published in 2003.
  • Named a Notable Social Studies Book by the American Library Association

Abe Lincoln the Boy Who Loved Books

  • A Junior Library Guild selection.
  • A Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection (January, 2003).
  • Selected as one of 5 non-fiction books for the 2003 Chapman Awards for Best Classroom Read-Alouds on PlanetEsme.com
  • Named by the Chicago Public Library to their Best of the Best list of recommended children's books published in 2003.
  • Selected by Banks St. College for their Best Books List of 2003
  • A Scholastic Book Club selection with an accompanying audio tape.
  • Selected by PBS as a recommended social studies title.
  • Featured on CSpan2 - Book TV.
  • Nominated for the Picture Book Award from the South Carolina School Library Association, for the Children's Crown Award,
    and for the Keystone State Reading Award from the PA Chapter of the International Reading Association.

Who’s Haunting the Teeny Tiny Ghost

  • Named a Children’s Choice by IRA.
  • Selected by the Scholastic book fair and book clubs.
  • Translated into Italian.