Jaime Adoff

FAll 2010

Awesome students of Bethany School!!

Reading to an incredible crowd of incredible students at the incredible Bethany School!!

Small Frys at Bethany School!!

September, 17th
Kentucky State Library Association/​KSMA Joint Conference
Autographing: 1:30PM Galt House, Louisville, KY
(Also signing- Arnold Adoff & Kacy Cook)

October, 1st
Bethany School, Cincinnati, Ohio

*Stay tuned-more dates to come . . .

Awe inspiring experience at Clark Co. Juvenile Detention Center!!-Photo's by Brock Cox

Clark Co. Juvenile Detention Center!!

Feb 11- Monroe Middle School- Columbus, OH

Feb 24- Project Jericho workshops Clark County Juvenile Detention Center, Community & Public readings Clark State Community College.-Springfield, OH- Public Reading 7:30-8:30 -Clark State Community College Sara T. Landess Technology & Learning Center Room 143

March 11-Hillside Middle School, Kalamazoo, MI

March 17- Project Jericho Poetry Slam- Springfield, OH

March 27th- AACW/​Tecumseh Land Trust Benefit- 5:45PM Roots & Reading-Bryan Community Center, Yellow Springs, OH

March 31st-Innes Middle School, Akron, OH

April 1st- Akron Jennings Middle School, Akron, OH

April 8-9-Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth, Kent, Oh-featuring: Laurie Halse Andersen, Pam Munoz Ryan & R Gregory Christie!!

April 14-16- SoMirac 2010 Conference- Hunt Valley Marriott, Maryland-featuring-T.A. Barron
Ted Lewin, Betsy Lewin, Charles R. Smith, Jr. Pam Munoz Ryan, Arnold Adoff, Jaime Adoff, Bruce Coville,Richard Peck
Gail Carson Levine and more!!

Clark Co. Juvenile Detention Center!! Everyone read "The Death of Jayson Porter!!"

Following along with the book/Clark Co. Juvenile Detention Center

Incredible students from Riedinger Middle, Akron, OH!!

Riedinger Middle School, Akron OH!!

Cool kids from Riedinger Middle, Akron, OH

mmm mmm good!!

FALL- 2009

Oct 5th-6th- Chagrin Falls Middle School, Chagrin Falls, OH
Oct- 24th, NEATE Conference- Keynote speaker, Warwick, RI
Nov-24th-Madison Senior/​JR High, Middletown, OH

WINTER-SPRING 09'

March 17th- Burlington County Library, Main Library- 7PM, Westhampton, NJ.
March 17-18- Pemberton Township H.S., Pemberton, NJ.

March 31st-April 1st- Riedinger & Innes Middle Schools, Akron, OH.

April 2nd-3rd- Virginia Hamilton Conference: 25th Anniversary! Featuring: Leo and Diane Dillon* Barry Moser*Jacqueline Woodson*. Special performance by Internationally acclaimed vocalist Leigh Adoff,
Kent, OH.

April 17th-Scioto Juvenile Correctional Facility, Delaware, OH.

May 4th-5th- IRA Conference-Minneapolis, Minnesota.
May 4th:
12-1pm-Autographing-Hyperion Booth
3-5:45 Adolescent Literacy: what teachers & students need & want- Symposium: *Speaker*
May 5th:
1:30-2:30PM- Autographing-Anderson's Booth.
3-4 Autographing-Penguin Putnum Booth

May 9th-OHIOANA Book Festival-*FEATURED AUTHOR*Ohioana State Library,Columbus, OH (R.L Stine also a featured author)
Schedule:
10:00 a.m.: Opening Ceremony with First Lady Frances Strickland
10:30 to 11:15 a.m.:  Roundtable discussion:  CHOOSE TO READ OHIO roundtable with Jaime Adoff and five other authors in the CHOOSE program, moderated by state librarian Jo Budler
1PM-1:45PM- Panel Discussion:IMAGINATION AND INSPIRATION with Jaime Adoff and Margaret Peterson Haddix
3:00 to 3:45 p.m.:  Individual Reading/​Talk
3:45 to 4:30 p.m.: Final meet-and-greet and book signing

May 12th- Alpha School of Excellence, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
May 13th: LaBrae Middle School,Warren Public Library, Youngstown, OH



*More dates to come . . .

Alpha School Gospel Choir! What a welcome!!

Incredible Alpha School students!!

Me and the very cool lunch bunch at Alpha School of Excellence! (Check out the "Names will never hurt me" t-shirts!)

Houston-teen lit fest-ROCKED!!

The incredible students at Copley-Fairlawn Middle & Me!!

Signing a cast for a student at the exceptional Copely-Fairlawn Middle School!!

All the teachers, students & staff wore tie-dyed shirts in honor of "Jimi & Me" Copely-Fairlawn Middle School ROCKS!!!!

WINTER-SPRING 2008

February 16th: Real Men Read, Columbus, OH
February 19th-20th: Green Local Schools, Green, OH/​ Hudson City Schools, Hudson, Ohio
February 26th: Washington Intermediate School, Piqua, OH
February 28th: Bellbrook HS, Bellbrook, OH

March 13-14th: SCASL Conference, Columbia, South Carolina


April 4th- Briggs High School, Columbus, OH
April 10th-11th: Virginia Hamilton Conference, Kent, OH
April 19th-mytracs teens workshop, St. Louis, MO
April 21st: Logan H.S. Logan, OH

May 3rd- Celebrate Teen Lit. Conference, Nimitz Senior HS, Houston, TX
May 8th- Cleveland, OH- Barnes & Noble, city-wide Celebration to benefit all Cleveland Public Schools.(Over 80)

*NOTE* There was an apparent communication problem and for that reason I won't be attending the Ohioana book fair on May 10th. Although I had been planning on it.
(Sorry!)

May 12th-16th-Omaha, Nebraska-Marrs Middle School,
Lewis and Clark Middle School,Monroe Middle School, McMillan Middle School,Buffett Middle School.
May 21st- Copley, OH, Fairlawn Branch Library.
May 22nd-Copley-Fairlawn Middle School.
May 22nd-23rd- Wooster College, Wooster, OH- Power of the Pen- State Tournament- guest author
May 28th- Wright State University, Dayton, OH

June 17th- 8th Annual Ohio Literary Institute, Columbus, OH.("Celebrating Literacy: Inspiring Leaders and Engaging Learners.")

They even had a cake with my face on it!!

What a welcome at Copely-Fairlawn Middle School!!

Writer's workshop, Greeley, CO.

Working with the incredible Teens of Greeley West H.S, Greeley CO.

Speaking to the fantastic teens of Northridge H.S, Greeley, CO!!

Me & the awesome kids of Birmingham Elementary, Toledo, OH!!

Me & the next generation of poets at Birmingham, Elementary, Toledo OH!

More proud poets & friends from Birmingham, Elementary, Toledo, OH!!

Signing a book for a student at Webster Middle School, St. Louis, MO!!

Me with 2 exceptional Students from Beaumont, H.S., St. Louis, MO!!

Speaking to the awesome students of Webster Middle School, St. Louis, MO!!

Me & YA librarian extraordinaire, Carrie Dietz enjoying incredible Malts, St. Louis, MO!!

Me with Cheryl Smith and her incredible Chaminade- Julianne H.S. students!!

Arnold Adoff, Joseph Bruchac, Me, Angela Johnson & Tommy DiPaola- 2005 VH Conference-Kent OH.

Me, Nikki Grimes,& Julius Lester 2006 CSK Breakfast-Award ceremony-ALA New Orleans!

Autograph for a fan-CSK Breakfast-ALA New Orleans!

Me and my wife Terri,ALA- New Orleans!!

My fabulous editor Jen Besser & Me-ALA New Orleans!

Autographing-ALA New Orleans!

Kenmore Super Cardinals!! Kenmore High, Akron, OH!!

Reading my poems to a future author! Cover to Cover bookstore, Columbus, Ohio

Past events:

PAST 07' DATES

2006 EVENTS & more blasts from the past!

Oct 6th-9:30AM- 2006 Teen Summit on Nonviolence and Inclusion(Keynote Speaker);sponsored by the National Conference for Community & Justice & the Dayton Daily News. Sinclair Community College-Ponitz Center, Bldg.12
Dayton, OH.

Oct 6th- 7:30-9:30PM- Great Lakes Booksellers Association Trade Show; Authors Feast
Hyatt Regency, Dearborn, MI.

Oct 13th-15th- Southern Festival of Books, Cook Convention Center and Main St. Mall, Memphis, TN
Author Panel "Harsh Realities: Novels for Teens"
10/​13-8:30-10:30AM L11
10/​14-9-10:30AM L10

Oct 27th-Northridge High School, Greeley, Colorado
7-9PM-Signing-Borders Books & Music, Greeley, CO.
Oct 28th-10AM-2PM- Writer's Workshop, Farr Library
Greeley, CO.---CANCELLED DUE TO A HERNIATED DISK IN MY BACK---

Nov 17th- NCTE, Nashville, TN.---CANNOT ATTEND DUE TO A HERNIATED DISK IN MY BACK---

June 7th-8th- Ohio Library Council's 2006 Diversity Conference
University Plaza Hotel and Conference Center, Columbus, OH.

June 8th- 8:30-9:30AM General Session: An Hour with Jaime Adoff.

June 24th-11:30AM Barnes and Noble-Beavercreek, OH

June 25th-27th
American Library Association's Annual Convention- New Orleans, LA

June 26th- 5:30-7:30PM- ALA Poetry Blast-
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center-Room 288-289

June 27th-7Am-9AM-Coretta Scott King Book Award Breakfast, New Orleans Hilton Hotel- (I will receive Coretta Scott King/​John Steptoe Award for New Talent!)
9:30-10:30AM- Autographing "Jimi and Me" Hyperion Booth#1139

July 28th-July 31st- The Center for the Study of
Children's Literature at Simmons College,
Boston, MA.
July 30th-9AM: Jaime Adoff & Arnold Adoff

June 25th-June 28th ALA Chicago

May 3rd- Dayton Public Schools, Dayton, OH
May 12th- Pataskala Public Library, Pataskala, OH
May 13th- Linden Elementary School, Columbus, OH

March 11th- San Francisco Day School
March 12th-13- Reading the World VII U. of San Francisco
March 31st- April 1st -Virginia Hamilton Conference, Kent State University. Kent, OH.
April 4th, Shaker Heights Ohio, Schools.
April 5th-6th Oberlin, Ohio, Schools.
April 7th-Columbus, OH, Pub. Library vistis, Driving Park/​Karl Road branches.
April 8th-Canal Winchester, Ohio, Schools.
April 13-16th- Salisbury College, MD.
April 20-21- Slippery Rock PA, College.
April 27th- Columbus Ohio Literacy Day.
April 28th- Wyandotte Ohio, Schools.

October 15th
District-wide Professional Development-
Literacy for Young men
8:00AM-3:30PM
Columbus, Ohio

September 15th
District-wide Professional Development-
Literacy for Young Men
with Javaka Steptoe, & Floyd Cooper
8:00AM-3:30PM
Columbus, Ohio

June 24th-30th
American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference
Orlando, Florida
Autographing-Monday June 28th
1:00-2:00PM
Anderson's Bookshop booth #515

June 12th
Summer Reading Kick-Off Program
10:50AM Main Library branch
1PM MLK Branch, 1600 E. long Street
Columbus, Ohio

April 1st & 2nd
Virginia Hamilton Conference
20th Anniversary!!
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

March 20th-23rd
Michigan Reading Association Conference
"Growing readers & writers"
Detroit, Michigan

January, 22nd
Mary Help of Christians School
Fairborn, Ohio

January, 23rd-24th
Children's Literature 2004 Conference
Featuring: Ashley Bryan, Jane Kurtz, Kendall Haven, Tim Bowers, Paula Danziger, Penny Colman, Holly Keller, Arnold Adoff, JAIME ADOFF, Walter Wick, and Angela Johnson.
Columbus, Ohio
Greater Columbus Convention Center

January, 24th
Children's Literature 2004 Conference Session:
11:30-12:30PM
Father and Son duo
Arnold Adoff & Jaime Adoff

January, 26th
Shaker Heights Middle School
Shaker Heights, Ohio

January, 27th
Woodbury Elementary School
Shaker Heights, Ohio

NOVEMBER, 2003 APPEARANCES

November 4th, The Hewitt School, NYC, (Half day School visit)

November 18th, Clark County Public Library Speaker Series, Springfield, Ohio
4:00 & 7:00 PM
(Featured speaker's: Jaime & Arnold Adoff)

November 19th, Chapelfield Elementary School.
Gahanna, Ohio. (School visit)

November 20th, Fairview School, Colonel White High School, Valerie Elementary School.
Dayton, Ohio
(School Visits & Teleconference)

OCTOBER, 2003, APPEARANCES

October 17th,
OELMA Conference, Columbus, Ohio
(Awards luncheon speaker/​Book signing)

October 20th,
Belfontaine MiddleSchool
Belfontaine, Ohio

October 21st,
North Union Middle School
Richwood, Ohio

October 22nd,
McPherson Middle School/​
Clyde Public Library
Clyde, Ohio

October 23rd,
Hopewell-Loudon Schools
Bascom, Ohio

October 25th, Mills Lawn School
50th Anniversary Celebration.
Yellow Springs, Ohio (Guest speaker.)

April 30th, 4-6PM
The Fifth Annual Spring Literary Tea
Honoring:
Jaime Adoff, Shelia Greenwald, Amy Hest &
Robert Casilla
The Center For Children's Poetry at
The Graduate School of Education
Fordham University at Lincoln Center
McMahon Hall Lounge
155 W.60th St.-Main Floor
NYC
Space is limited, please respond by 4-28
Phone# 212-873-1339
Fax# 212-724-2394

April 23rd, 1:00PM
Guest Speaker, MEC Annual Vendor Fair
Book signing immediately following at 3PM
Aladdin Shrine Temple, Columbus, Ohio

April 23rd, 4-5:30 PM
Book Signing
Cover to Cover Bookstore
North High Street, Columbus, Ohio

April 11th,
Ceremony for The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award
(I received an honor book), Penn State University.
Book signing reception to follow.

April 5th, Yellow Springs, Ohio
Book signing- 11:00AM-Noon
Glen Garden Gifts

April 3rd-4th, 19th Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.
Book signing 8:30-9:30PM- April 3rd
Conversation session with Arnold Adoff-April,4th.
Featured at the conference: Alma Flor Ada, Christopher Paul Curtis and the 5th annual Virginia Hamilton Literary Award Winner-Ashley Bryan

April 2nd, Millersburg, Ohio
School visit: 8:30AM-2:30PM
East & West Holmes Middle Schools &
Millersburg Elementary School.
6:30PM -Holmes County District Public Library
Presentation & signing.

March 31st, 2003, 7:00PM
Pataskala Public Library,
Pataskala, Ohio
Program with Arnold Adoff, reading and book signing.

February 20th, 2003
The Virginia Hamilton Celebration of Multicultural Literature for Youth
7:00PM Tishman Auditorium,
New School University, NYC

Reading Celebration with:
Jaime Adoff
Joe Bruchac
Sheila Hamanaka
Tanuja Desai Hidier
Walter Dean and Chris Meyers
Nicholasa Mohr
Willie Perdomo
Vera Williams
Janet Wong
Jacqueline Woodson
Jane Yolen