There is no Frigate like a Book
            To take us Lands away
                                   ~ Emily Dickinson

 
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PAT BRISSON
 

Pat Brisson is the author of eighteen books for children.  Her picture book, The Summer My Father was Ten, won the Christopher Award and an IRA-CBC Teachers’ Choice Award.  Her easy-to-read chapter books, Hot Fudge Hero and Little Sister, Big Sister, were both Parents’ Choice Honor books. Melissa Parkington’s Beautiful, Beautiful Hair was selected as among the Best Children’s Books of the Year 2007 by the Bank Street College of Education.

Her stories, with themes of generosity, forgiveness and perseverance, are frequently used in character education curriculums.  Pat and her husband live in Phillipsburg, NJ.  They have four grown sons.

Visit Pat at www.patbrisson.com.

 
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Author Visits

Pat’s author visit to schools includes three slide presentations, followed by  question and answer periods, that each last between 45 minutes to an hour.  She has two different programs, one for primary and one for intermediate students.  Both stress the writing process from idea to finished book and inspire students to do their own writing.  She is also available to do writing workshops  in the classroom.

Pat also has an entertaining and inspiring slide presentation for parents - Writing For and With Your Children: A Program for Parents Who Don’t Consider Themselves Writers.  This is appropriate for any parent group, especially Title I in-service programs.

 

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Books

     

I Remember Miss Perry
Illustrated by Stephane Jorisch
Dial Books

  Melissa Parkington's
Beautiful, Beautiful Hair

Illustrated by Suzanne Bloom
Boyds Mills Press
  Tap Dance Fever
Illustrated by Nancy Cote
Boyds Mills Press
  Mama Loves Me from Away
Illustrated by Laurie A. Caple
Boyds Mills Press
 
     
Beach Is to Fun
Illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa
Henry Holt
  Hobbledy Clop
Illustrated by Maxie Chambliss
Boyds Mills Press
  Bertie's Picture Day
Illustrated by
Diana Cain Bluthenthal
Henry Holt
  Star Blanket
Illustrated by Erica Magnus
Boyds Mills Press

 

View more available titles at www.patbrisson.com

Benny’s Pennies (Dragonfly Books)
Hot Fudge Hero
(Henry Holt)
Little Sister, Big Sister
(Henry Holt)
The Summer My Father Was Ten
(Boyds Mills Press)
Wanda’s Roses
(Boyds Mills Press)

Check your library for other books written by Pat Brisson:

Your Best Friend, Kate (Simon and Schuster)
Kate Heads West
(Simon and Schuster)
Kate on the Coast
(Simon and Schuster)
Magic Carpet
(Bradbury Press)
Sky Memories
(Delacorte)

 

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Honors and Awards

The Summer My Father Was Ten

  • 1998 Christopher Award
  • Paterson Prize for Children’s Literature
  • Hodge Podger Award
  • American Bookseller Association’s “Pick of the Lists”
  • IRA-CBC Teachers’ Choice Award
  • 1998 National Parenting Publications Awards Honor book

Melissa Parkington’s Beautiful, Beautiful Hair

  • One of the Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2007 by Bank Street College of  Education’s Children’s Book Committee

Hot Fudge Hero

  • New York Public Library 1997 “One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing”
  • Parents Choice Honor Book

Little Sister, Big Sister

  • Parents Choice Honor Book
  • New York Public Library “One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing”

Sky Memories

  • New York Public Library’s “One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing”

Wanda's Roses

  • American Booksellers Association’s “Pick of the Lists”

Kate Heads West

  • American Booksellers Association’s “Pick of the Lists”