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Pat Riccardi
Author/Speaker

mail 308 East 10th st.
North Vancouver
V7L 2E3, BC
ph 604-986-4673
fax 604-986-4673
e priccardi@telus.net
web http://www3.telus.net/happygoluck

Biography

I love writing picture books. I grew up in a small community of 500 people. My family spent alot of time on my grandmothers farm, she was Canadian Artist, Jane Hall. Many of my ideas originated, from being a part of a big farm family.

Book types: picture books

Guest speaker/presentation information

Pat goes into a classroom with forty to eighty students and starts off with lots of ideas of his own. Then reads his story ( stories), shows how it was developed, and how the students can put their thoughts and ideas together to produce and illustrate a book. Pats enthusiastic approach leads into a workable story so that the students can enjoy the experience of it's interactive elements. Letter writing is designed to expose elementary students to the plesures of writing and also plays an exciting part of Pat's presentation.

Presentation geographic range: Vancouver, Coast, Lower Mainland

Presentation audience age groups: primary school, grades K-3

Published work

Happy Go Luck
Somewhere Across The Border
You You & You

Awards & recognition