Leigh Platt Rogers
School Presenter and Speaker

I am available for school presentations. This is something I absolutely love to do!  Here are some of the comments
I have received:

"Your visit was truly a treat for Meairs School. We received a wonderful presentation, information about being
an author, and an opportunity to ask questions about a profession that interests many. I sincerely hope that I
have the opportunity to hear you speak again someday. As the staff left the multi-purpose room with their
students, a teacher came up to me and said that this had been the best Authors Day presentation that she
could remember having, and she has been here for many years. I would agree! Thank you again."

--Dr. David Hubbard, Principal, Meairs Elementary, Garden Grove, CA.

"Never before have I seen a guest speaker so immediately capture the attention of an entire class of fifth
grade students like Leigh Rogers was able to! She was invited to share from her book: Sticky Situations:
Stories of Childhood Adventures Abroad. She did that and so much more. Students in the intermediate
grades need to be able to write personal narratives, according to our state standards. In order to be
successful at this, they need to experience excellent models. Leigh provided students with outstanding
examples of powerful personal narratives. Not only did her writing engage each and every student
completely, but her oral performance was dynamic as well!"

-- Diane Dalenberg, 4th/5th Grade Teacher, El Verano Elementary School, Sonoma, CA

Leigh Platt Rogers, author of Sticky Situations: Stories of Childhood Adventures Abroad, came to our school
on February 2, 2006, for our District -wide Authors Festival. She gave three presentations to our students,
each lasting about 40 minutes, about her life experiences living in Austria, France, Laos and the United
States as the child of a CIA agent. She also spoke about the writing process and gave the students many
ideas for writing a good, interesting story. She brought visual aids that she shared with the students that
related to her book.
Leigh is an exciting, animated speaker. She related well to our students and was very entertaining as well as
informative. Some of the comments from the teacher evaluations are as follows:

-- "animated, humorous, best ever!"
-- "Her physical presence was exciting as she told her story."
-- "Her story-telling ability made her stories come alive."
-- "Related to students, very good public speaker, spoke loudly and moved around all the time."
-- "Very animated; immediately caught students' attention and held it entire presentation."
-- "She had the kids completely engaged and interested in her presentation."

I highly recommend Leigh Platt Rogers as a dynamic author who has something of great value to share with
students. She is a pleasure to work with.

-- Catherine Spence, Library Media Clerk and Author's Festival Representative, Davis Elementary, Costa
Mesa, CA


For information about fees and availability, please call me at 360-443-2577 or e-mail me at
leighplattrogers@yahoo.com