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Having an author visit your school is a great way to get kids excited about reading and writing. Author visits also serve to reiterate the topics the students are learning in class, while offering supplemental discussion points, activities and workshops to complement the standard curriculum.
Tyranika Abrams's favorite part of being an author is speaking to and reading with children. She is particularly good at encouraging young readers to use their imaginations to write great stories. Her lively, high energy presentations are incredibly entertaining and are always full of encouragement, affirmations and helping the young readers embrace what makes them special.
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Tyranika is a wife, a mother to two beautiful daughters and a children’s book author. She has always been interested in creative writing, leadership and entrepreneurship. As a mother, diversity in children's picture books became even more important as she saw first-hand the impact of representation makes on young minds.
Her very first picture book, "Where You Belong" was inspired by and written for her oldest daughter to inspire her to embrace what makes her different and walk in her purpose. You can read more about the situation that inspired that story here. The Inspiring Legacies Collection of books was created to highlight diverse legacies and the roles these individuals played in society in a way that resonates with young readers, as little legacies.
Discussion Topics
Students, administrators and teachers alike all have a great time at one of Tyranika Abram's school visits. Whether conducted in-person or virtually, these sessions are sure to keep students and teachers engaged and open a safe environment for open discussions, creative thinking and self love. Teachers and administrators scheduling author visits with Tyranika have their choice of three presentation focuses to choose from.
Presentation Focus 1: Leadership, DE&I and Embracing Differences
Embracing the Leader in Me | Grades K-5 | 45 minutes
Tyranika's "Embracing the Leader in Me" presentation is the ultimate for all things leadership. Students enjoy this interactive presentation as Tyranika leads them through discussions about what leadership is, how to be a leader everyday and how leadership looks differently for everyone. During this presentation, Tyranika leads student volunteers in a series of leadership related activities including completing role-based tasks to highlight how what makes everyone different from others plays a critical role in a community's holistic success. Following this portion of the presentation, Tyranika will read her first children's picture book, "Where You Belong". The reading will be followed by an open discussion of the book. The presentation concludes with a discussion on diversity, equity and inclusion and challenges students to think differently about the things that makes others different from them, while embracing those things that makes them different from others.​
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Presentation Focus 2: Finding Your Purpose
Written in the Stars for Me | Grades K-5 | 45 minutes
The "Written in the Stars for Me" presentation is all about finding your purpose and making a difference. This presentation begins with a history lesson, detailing the accomplishments of Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan as human computers and engineers at NASA, whose work was critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. Using student volunteers, Tyranika leads a project where students are asked to assume specific roles and work together to build and launch their own "space shuttle." Following this portion of the presentation, Tyranika will read her children's picture book, "Written in the Stars". The reading will be followed by an open discussion of the book. The presentation concludes with a discussion on steps to take to find your purpose and how your purpose plays a much larger role in the success of your community.​
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Presentation Focus 3: Creative Writing Workshop
Boldly, Creatively Me | Grades K-5 | 45 minutes
The "Boldly, Creatively Me" presentation is a creative writing workshop designed to inspire students to dream big, think creatively and write well. Using role-based activities, students will work together to write, edit, illustrate and publish their own book. Tyranika will lead discussions on best practices for publishing a book and will discuss the experience of being a published author. Following this portion of the presentation, Tyranika will read her children's picture book, "Written in the Stars". The reading will be followed by an open discussion of the book. The presentation concludes with a discussion of endurance and perseverance in realizing your dreams, being bold and creating new things.​
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Scheduling an Author Visit
Getting your school ready for an author visit takes a level of preparation. Our team is available to help you through the process to ensure it goes as smoothly as possible for all parties involved. To get started, decide whether you would like the visit to be conducted in-person or virtually. Then, click the "Book Now" button below to provide some basic information about your school, the contact person for the event and your desired date and presentation focus.
Once our team has confirmed your date is available, we will send over a contract for the event. At this time, a non-refundable retainer fee will be assessed to secure the date.
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