Jane Kurtz and Christopher Kurtz
Jane Kurtz travels throughout the United States and the world to speak to students and teachers about her writing. Contact her about speaking in your community.
Both she and her brother Chris serve on the board of Ethiopia Reads and are involved in outreach programs to support the projects focused on literacy.
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What Others Say About Jane's Visits
"Jane Kurtz, as a featured speaker, provided insight into her life
in Ethiopia with her family. Jane speaks with such conviction about her
love for that country, its culture, and the people that you feel, as
you look at her slides, that you are there with Jane's family. As a
speaker Jane also makes her audience aware of the knowledge she has in
the area of children's literature. Jane is not just an author of
children's books, but an authority in the field of children's
literature..." -- Naomi Williamson, Children's Literature Festival,
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri.
"Jane Kurtz is a mesmerizing speaker. She holds audiences captive
with stories about her very interesting life and her work as a writer.
Even when speaking to a group of more than 300, her genuine
friendliness and love for her work shines through her words." -- Dr.
Lee Galda, University of Minnesota
Some comments from Moraine Elementary, Northville, MI (2005)
"She was absolutely wonderful!! My students really
enjoyed the presentation--I did too! The slide show was excellent--a
history, geography and language arts lesson all in one hour!
Great topic and wonderful program!!" ~Joyce Pianin, 4th grade
teacher.
This was fantastic! She did such a great job gearing her presentation to their level." ~Amy Devlin, 2nd grade teacher
"Your best author yet!" ~Jan Dabkowski, 5th grade teacher
"She was wonderful! Excellent connections to how we teach
writing. Practice importance was exceptional!" ~Kim Dean,
4th grade teacher
"I really enjoyed the presentation of Jane Kurtz! She had a very
professional slide show which helped to focus the kids attention to her
life stories and her books." ~Cyndi Gricius, 5th grade teacher
"Great connections to students as writers!" ~ Stacey Keeler, 3rd grade teacher
Jane Kurtz connected writing to the personal events
of her life in a way that every child, K-4, understood, appreciated,
and envisioned for themselves. She is truly remarkable at bringing the
creative concept to a level of practical application and inspiring
others to join her.
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Shari Robinson and Jane Kurtz reading Fire on the Mountain during Jane's visit to Pond Cove Elementary (Cape Elizabeth, Maine)
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Shari Robinson, Library Media Specialist -- Pond Cove Elementary School
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Jane Kurtz, famous children's author.
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Jane Kurtz grew up in
Ethiopia and uses her books to share with children what Ethiopia is really
like. She visited in Williston Tuesday and Wednesday, signing books at
Books on Broadway and speaking to many local children at the Williston
Community Library. Some of her books are 'Ethiopia: Roof of Africa,' 'Fire on the Mountain' and 'Pulling the Lion's Tail.' She lives in Grand Forks with her family and writes a regular book review column for the Grand Forks Herald.
Editor's
Note: Since this school visit, Jane Kurtz has moved with her family to
Kansas where she continues to write and maintains a full schedule of
school visits.
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superb - really the best
splendidly enlightening
her love of the stories she learned there inspired me
fascinating and intimate
clear expressive speaker
loved this presentation
outstanding and memorable
informational and moving
I loved her hour
I learned a lot about weaving your own experience into stories
She's a warm person with a great attitude towards life and writing
Wonderful! I liked her telling of her "Journey" and her love of Ethiopia
Stunning and fascinating speaker.
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