For Children

Jessica’s presentation to early chapter book readers is a behind-the-scenes look at the daily experiences she chooses to write stories about. Her presentation lasts between 45 minutes to an hour, depending on the age group, and involves props and short readings, accompanied by images from her books as well as video clips shown on Powerpoint.

Jessica uses humour and will pose questions to the audience about similar experiences they might have had that her main character, Martin Bridge, faces. In so doing, she demonstrates how they, too, have had experiences in their own lives worthy of writing about.

Jessica has presented across Canada as well as in the United States, and most recently at the International Reading Association conference in Toronto.

Here are some comments from previous visits:

“Our Grades 2 to 5 classes were treated to outstanding presentations by author Jessica Scott Kerrin. The presentations focused on how Jessica decided to become a writer, what it was like to be a writer and where she gets her ideas from.”
~ L.T. Westlake School, Taber, Alberta

“Jessica was informative and friendly. The students listened very attentively to her. Our school is a special needs school and I was worried about the attention span of our students. I was thrilled when they remained interested to the very end.”
~ Dr. Oakley School, Calgary, Alberta

“Grade 3 students and staff attended and very much enjoyed Jessica’s hour long presentation. Her reading and PowerPoint slides were very clear and kept the students’ interest. Some quotes from the attendees were: ‘awesome!’, ‘lots of fun’ and ‘really good’.”
~ Coaldale Public Library, Coaldale, Alberta

“Jessica Scott Kerrin was one of the best authors we have had at the school. She successfully motivated our students to want to read her books and provided them with tools to write about their own life experiences, sparking interest for both students and teachers.”
~ John MacNeil School, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

“My class was enthralled with Jessica’s presentation and keenly interested in what writers do and how they do it. They could relate, very well, to her crafting a story from idea (and one they could relate well to through her interesting real life experience) to ending (that is finishing a rough draft). They’re just learning that ‘the end’ is only the beginning of their job as writers. Her wonderful slide show presentation added so much to the telling! It truly made what she had to say more powerful and gave all of us encouragement!”
~ LeMarchant St. Thomas, Halifax, Nova Scotia