Jacobs & Swender

Author Visits & Workshops

My Subway Ride at the New York Transit Museum!

Bringing together their unique backgrounds in education, music, poetry and art, Paul & Jennifer are available for author visits throughout the year. See the calendar to the right for what's on tap in the upcoming months.

To make every event special and successful, they work with the wonderful Kerri McPhail at Children's Authors' Ally--"Connecting schools with the books and authors kids love." You can contact Kerri for assistance with event planning, scheduling, and discount book orders!

Click here to contact Paul & Jennifer

Click here for the Children's Authors' Ally website

Jennifer reading My Subway Ride (with help from the New York Goofs) at the Learning Leaders "Read Out" celebration at Lincoln Center. Click to see the video.

Jennifer leads students through a reading of My Subway Ride

Paul reads Some Friends to Feed: The Story of Stone Soup.

Now booking fall 2011 and spring 2012 events

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Pajama Story Time
"Things That Go"
Community Network for Children
Leverett Public Library
Leverett, MA
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Pajama Story Time
"A Wild Pajama Story Time"
Community Network for Children
Shutesbury Town Hall
Shutesbury, MA
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

PS 321
Brooklyn, NY
Thursday, October 27, 2011

PS 10
Brooklyn, NY
Friday, October 28, 2011

Pajama Story Time
"Just One of Those Days"
Community Network for Children
Wendell Free Library
Wendell, MA
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Recent 2011 events

Story Fest at the Virginia Festival of the Book

Agnor-Hurt Elementary School
Virginia Festival of the Book
Charlottesville, VA
Friday, March 18th, 2011
10am
www.vabook.org

Murray Elementary School
Virginia Festival of the Book
Charlottesville, VA
Friday, March 18th, 2011
12:15pm
www.vabook.org

Author reception/book signing
Charlottesville Catholic School
Virginia Festival of the Book
Charlottesville, VA
Friday, March 18th, 2011
7pm
www.vabook.org

Barnes & Noble
Barracks Road Shopping Center
Virginia Festival of the Book
Charlottesville, VA
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
11am
www.vabook.org

PS 399
Flatbush Branch
Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn, NY
Thursday, March 31, 2011
10:00am

PS 277
Gerritsen Beach Branch
Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn, NY
Thursday, March 31, 2011
1:00pm

Dekalb Branch
Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn, NY
Friday, April 1, 2011
10:30am

PS 21
Macon Branch
Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn, NY
Friday, April 1, 2011
1:00pm

New York Transit Museum
Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, April 2, 2011
1:30pm
www.mta.info/mta/museum/

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See below for events from Fall 2010

Children's Museum of Manhattan
NYC
Sunday, September 12, 2010
3pm & 4pm
www.CMOM.org

North Amherst Harvest Festival
Simple Gifts Farm
Amherst, MA
Sunday, September 19, 2010
1pm @ the children's stage
www.nacfonline.org

Eric Carle Museum
of Picture Book Art
Amherst, MA
Sunday, October 3, 2010
FIRE DRILL book signing
www.carlemuseum.org

PS 92Q
Queens, NY
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

PS 321
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Thursday, October 21, 2010

New York Transit Museum
Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, October 23, 2010
1:30pm
www.mta.info/mta/museum/

Ghouls and Gourds Festival
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn, NY
Sunday, October 24, 2010
12-4pm
www.bbg.org

Author/Illustrator Day
The Bement School
Deerfield, MA
Friday, November 5, 2010

Parent Night Out
Swift River School
New Salem, MA
Friday, December 3, 2010

Holiday Marketplace
Shutesbury Elementary School
Shutesbury, MA
Saturday, December 4, 2010

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SEE BELOW FOR 2009-2010's PAST EVENTS

New York Transit Museum
Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, April 24, 2010
1:30pm

Poly Prep Lower School
Brooklyn, NY
Friday, April 23, 2010

PS 10
Brooklyn, NY
Thursday, April 22, 2010

PS 92Q
Queens, NY
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
9am

Flatlands Branch
Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
3:30pm

PS 199
Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

March Meltdown
WRSI radio
Northampton, MA
Saturday, March 27th, 2010
Visit our table!

Virginia Festival of the Book
Charlottesville, VA
March 17th-19th, 2010

Early Childhood Expo
Greenfield, MA
Saturday, February 27, 2010
1-3pm

Pajama Story Time
Union #28 Community Network for Children
Wendell Free Library
Wendell, MA
Thursday, February 18, 2010
6:30-7:30pm

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Pajama Story Time
Union #28 Community Network for Children
Erving Elementary School
Thursday, December 17, 2009
6:30-7:30pm

Ghouls and Gourds Festival
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn, NY
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
12-4pm

NYC Association for the Education of Young Children
Annual Conference
Featured Speaker (Jennifer)
NYC
Saturday, October 24, 2009

Brooklyn Public Library
Visiting author program
Arlington and Macon branches
Friday, October 23, 2009

PS 321
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

North Amherst Harvest Festival
Simple Gifts Farm
Amherst, MA
Sunday, September 20th, 2009
1pm

Children's Museum of Manhattan
NYC
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

A sampling of past events

SCHOOLS:

PS 69 (Brooklyn)
PS 236 (Brooklyn)
PS 261 (Brooklyn)
PS 241 (Brooklyn)
PS 234 (Brooklyn)
PS 34 (Brooklyn)
PS 295 (Brooklyn)
PS 377K (Brooklyn)
PS 138 (Brooklyn)
PS 154 (Brooklyn)
PS 276 (Brooklyn)
PS 251 (Brooklyn)
PS 345 (Brooklyn)
PS 92Q (Queens)
Rosendale Elementary (Cottekill, NY)
Brooklyn Heights Montessori
The Parkside School (Manhattan)
Berkeley Carroll (Brooklyn)
Explore Charter School (Brooklyn)
Hollingworth Preschool (Manhattan)
Carrie E. Tompkins Elementary School (Croton, NY)
Dillon Child Study Center (Brooklyn)

LIBRARIES:

Brownsville (BPL)
Cortelyou (BPL)
Crown Heights (BPL)
Walt Whitman (BPL)
Brower Park (BPL)
Eastern Parkway (BPL)
Kings Bay (BPL)
Ryder (BPL)
Pacific Street (BPL)
Windsor Terrace (BPL)
Jamaica Bay (BPL)
Carroll Gardens (BPL)
Homecrest (BPL)
Red Hook (BPL)
Sheepshead Bay (BPL)
ECRIC (NYPL)

MUSEUMS:

Museum of the City of New York
Children's Museum of Manhattan
New York Transit Museum
Brooklyn Museum
New York Historical Society
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Brooklyn Botanic Garden

BOOKSTORES:

Bank Street Bookstore (NYC)
Barnes and Noble (Court Street)
Barnes and Noble (Park Slope)
Barnes and Noble (Upper West Side)
Brownstone Books (Brooklyn)
Merritt Bookstore (Cold Spring)

CONFERENCES:

CUNY Campus Centers
New York State AEYC
Westchester AEYC
Community Board 17 Bookfest
NYC DOE Region 10 Professional Development Day
NYC DOE Parents' Advisory Council
New Jersey Library Association
Rockland AEYC