Available for virtual visits in: Saskatchewan and Alberta
Craft: Author, Illustrator
Genre: Picture Books, Beginning Readers, Early Chapter Books, Middle Grade Fiction
Target Audience: Kindergarten – Grade 8
Cost for School and Public Presentation with CCBC subsidy: $200.00, plus applicable taxes
Workshop Information:
YOU CAN DRAW ANYTHING! (primary grade levels)
In this workshop, we will read a book (Harley the Hero, A Sky-Blue Bench or Percy’s Perfect Friend) and talk about SHAPES and positional language – this drawing demo is fully interactive and the kids draw along with me. We learn how to draw dogs, cat plushies or Aria (and if we have time – something extra silly). Students are encouraged to make up their own stories afterward. This is ALWAYS customized for class, size, age and time – but works for everyone.
Equity and Inclusion – primary grade levels, intermediate grade levels
Equity and inclusion are not just hot topics. They affect everyone. Using story, we will talk about classrooms – just like yours – and what classrooms look like in other places in the world. What are barriers to learning and being included and how can ONE person make a HUGE difference? Peggy has developed this workshop for her work as the artist-in-residence for the Equity and Inclusion initiative with the Limestone DSB. We will write our own short stories about this topic and learn to draw Aria, Amelia and Harley.
Book List
Tallulah’s Atishoo – Red Robin Books UK 2007
There’s a Spider in the Bath – Red Robin Books UK 2008
Shaun the Shy Shark – Red Robin Books UK 2008
In the Garden – Cider Mill Press/Applesauce Press/Simon & Shuster – Spring 2009 – out of print
In the Snow – Cider Mill Press/Applesauce Press/Simon & Shuster – Autumn 2009 – out of print
Fatou Fetch the Water – Red Robin Books UK 2010
Tooter’s Stinky Wish – Fitzhenry and Whiteside 2011
Don’t Invite Dinosaurs to Dinner – Red Robin Books 2011
The Pelican who Couldn’t – Red Robin Books 2012 The Pelican who Couldn’t – Red Robin Books
Moe and Malaya – Inhabit Media 2012
Scaredy Bear – Red Robin Books 2013
Hungry for Math – Fitzhenry and Whiteside 2015
Hungry For Science – Fitzhenry and Whiteside 2017
Eat This!: How Fast Food Marketing Gets You to Buy Junk (And How to Fight Back) – Red Deer Press 2017
Harley the Hero – (author/illustrator) 2021 Pajama Press
Hungry for the Arts 2021 Fitzhenry and Whiteside
A Sky-Blue Bench 2021 Pajama Press
Whistling for Angela 2022 Pajama Press
Percy’s Perfect Friend – (written by Lana Button) 2023 Pajama Press
Biography
Peggy Collins is an award-winning Author and/or illustrator of over 35 books (and other media) for young people. One of her recent books, Harley the Hero was the Forest of Reading Blue Spruce winner for 2022. A Sky-Blue Bench – written by Bahram Rahman – and she illustrated was an ALA Youth Media – Schneider Family Honour Book. Peggy is a college art and animation professor and has worked as the visiting artist in residence for the Limestone District School Board. She loves presenting and has both in-person and virtually all over the country. She works extensively with Post-Secondary programming for teachers and engineers illustrating and writing/cowriting math, science and art materials for wide distribution. Peggy lives in Napanee with her two children and their cat, Lemony Snicket.
