School Visits

If you'd like me to do an author or illustrator visit to your school, please reach out through my website's contact form. I'm happy to work with schools based on their budgets, especially Vermont-based schools.

MAEVE MULVANEY HAS HAD ENOUGH

Written by Kelly Mangan

Holiday House Books 2025

Book themes and topics: Activism. Bullying. Toxic positivity. Women’s & girls’ rights. How to productively and healthily channel anger. Forgiveness and grace. Speaking up. Learning from our mistakes.

Age group: Grades 5-8

Author visit includes: a read-aloud of an excerpt from the book, group discussion about activism in history, a fun demonstration of social power dynamics, and brainstorming of how young people can speak up and organize around issues they care about.

LIKE THAT ELEANOR

Written by Lee Wind & Illustrated by Kelly Mangan

Cardinal Rule Press 2025

Book themes & topics: Unity. Friendship. Speaking up. Eleanor Roosevelt’s history of allyship with Black Americans against segregation. LGBTQIA allyship (and non-binary allyship in particular).

Age group: Grades 3-4

Illustrator visit includes: a read-aloud, group book discussion, and a group art project on allyship.