There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
~ Emily Dickinson
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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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| I Remember Miss Perry |
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 |
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| 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 |
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View more available titles at www.patbrisson.com Benny’s Pennies (Dragonfly Books) Check your library for other books written by Pat Brisson: Your Best Friend, Kate (Simon and Schuster)
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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”