Capital District Region: New York State Performers, Programmers & Related Resources for Public Libraries & Groups


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Performer	Program	Category	Description	Fee
Smalley, Carol Parenzan	A Mathematical Walk through the Library	Life Skills- Other, Literature- Authors, Other	Children's book author Carol Parenzan Smalley brings math to the library through a treasure hunt of mathematical concepts. She shares work on her book -- A Mathematical Walk Through an Amusement Park, currently under contract with TouchSmart Publishing. Photographs and videography for book done at Great Escape in Lake George, NY. All materials provided. Target age: Grades preK to 6.	$201- $350
Smalley, Carol Parenzan	Beyond the Lemonade Stand	Life Skills- Other, Life Skills- Finance, Other	Carol Parenzan Smalley is an innovator, educator, and entrepreneur. She has taught entrepreneurship for 20+ years. She is an online professor of successful business planning through a consortium of 2,400+ colleges and universities, where she has had students from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the ice project on the Antarctic. Smalley is also an adjunct instructor at Fulton-Montgomery Community College. She has mentored a group of homeschooling students exploring the world of entrepreneurship. Her workshop will include literature-based resources and a hands-on, spider-web-spinning-brainstorming project to help participants develop business ideas from their passions. All materials supplied. Target age: Grades 7 to 12.	$201- $350
Smalley, Carol Parenzan	Books and Cookies	Health & Fitness- Other, Life Skills- Food, Literature- Authors	Scholastic children's author Carol Parenzan Smalley shares her book -- Fats, Oils, and Sweets -- with young children. The book is part of a series on the government's food pyramid, and Smalley shows how this food category fits into an overall healthy diet. Participants get to decorate and dissect a cookie (and eat it too!) to learn more about nutrition. All materials supplied. Target age: preK to Grade 4.	$201- $350
Smalley, Carol Parenzan	Books that Flip, Flop, Squeak, and Pop!	Literature- Creative Writing, Visual Arts- Other, Visual Arts- Crafts	Carol Parenzan Smalley is an engineer by degree and a children's author by profession. She is a member of The Movable Book Society, an association focusing on paper engineering techniques, where books flip, flop, squeak, and pop! In this workshop, participants will be introduced to some of her favorite paper engineers and their books. Students will have the opportunity to create their own moveable book. All materials supplied. Target age: Grades 2 to 6.	$201- $350
Smalley, Carol Parenzan	Bravo for Biographies!	Health & Fitness- Sports, Literature- Creative Writing, Literature- Authors	Explore biographies through “extreme writing.” This workshop helps reluctant readers and writers find the passion behind the words using Ride the Giant Waves, the story of Hawaii’s extreme surfer Garrett McNamara, and No Hands Allowed, a glimpse into professional soccer star Damarcas Beasley’s young career. Students will write using sports- and activity-related prompts. Target age: Grades 2 to 6.	$201- $350
Smalley, Carol Parenzan	Children's Author-in-Residence	Literature- Authors, Literature- Creative Writing, Visual Arts- Other	Children's author Carol Parenzan Smalley spends scheduled time in your library sharing her work on current projects, answering patrons' questions, using local resources for research and market analysis, discussing current favorite books of young readers, and encouraging children's reading and writing in general. She can be scheduled as frequently as your program desires. Target age: All ages. NOTE: The author is also available to continue the relationship on a virtual basis using modern web technology.	$201- $350
Smalley, Carol Parenzan	Counting On: Creating a Children's Picture Book Using Local History	History, Literature- Creative Writing, Literature- Authors	Discover and create children's picture books with children's author Carol Parenzan Smalley. Focusing on counting books -- from simple to complex, participants dissect picture books, examine how words (or no words) and illustrations tell a story, explore various illustration techniques (from pencil drawings to three-dimensional pop-ups), conduct research about their local history and natural resources using the library and other resources, and create picture or board books to share with others and take home with them. Carol Smalley will also share a work-in-progress -- Counting on Carousels: Ponies on Parade (an interactive, multimedia picture book about carousel history) -- with the young authors. This program can be a single working session or expanded to be a series of creative programs.	$201- $350
Smalley, Carol Parenzan	Create Living History Books	History, Literature- Creative Writing, Science	How big does an oak tree grow? In this workshop, Carol shares a story within a story. In The Growing Story of Milton Hershey School, students observe the growth of a tree on a hill overlooking the town of Hershey (PA). While the tree grows, so does the community, park, chocolate factory, and a special school. Students use the book as a starting point to write their own growing stories, where they parallel the growth of a plant with the history of their community, school, or family. You can view her work on these books here: http://www.mhs-pa.org/100years/celebration/photo-gallery/	$201- $350
Smalley, Carol Parenzan	Discover the Past through the Present	History, Literature- Creative Writing, Literature- Authors	The past and present merge in this workshop based on Diary of a Milt, a book Carol wrote for Milton Hershey School’s centennial celebration. In the book, a middle-grade student uncovers past history as he journals about his life in 1977-78. Adults encourage his passion for roller coasters as he explores a career as an engineer. Students examine journal-style writing and design a structure using toothpicks and marshmallows (like the book’s character).	$201- $350
Smalley, Carol Parenzan	Grow Your Green Esteem	Literature- Authors, Nature- Environment, Science	You can make a difference. In this workshop, students discover steps their families can take to shrink their carbon footprints. With a degree in environmental engineering, Carol guides students in an engaging conversation about green living. To celebrate their green esteem, each student makes an earth card using paper-engineering (pop-up) techniques. (Shh! It’s math!) Green Esteem is a program based on the trickle up theory. Carol Parenzan Smalley is the author of Tell Your Parents: Green Changes You Can Make Around the Home, fresh off the press in 2009 by Mitchell Lane Publishers, a leader in education publishing. She holds a degree in environmental engineering from Penn State and has written over 20 books. Libraries hosting the program receive a free, signed, personalized copy of the book to add to their collection.	$201- $350

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* Inclusion in this database does not indicate endorsement of any performer or program by the NYS Education Department, the Office of Cultural Education, the NYS Library or the participating library systems, nor does it eliminate the need for reference checks and appropriate standard screening procedures.