Penguin Speakers Bureau
Biography
A book enthusiast, avid cook, and former public relations professional, Judy Gelman collaborated with friend Vicki Levy Krupp to co-author THE BOOK CLUB COOKBOOK: Recipes and Food for Thought from Your Book Club’s Favorite Books and Authors, featuring recipes and discussion ideas for adult book club …
Read moreA book enthusiast, avid cook, and former public relations professional, Judy Gelman collaborated with friend Vicki Levy Krupp to co-author THE BOOK CLUB COOKBOOK: Recipes and Food for Thought from Your Book Club’s Favorite Books and Authors, featuring recipes and discussion ideas for adult book clubs.
Judy and Vicki were motviated to write THE KIDS’ BOOK CLUB BOOK: Reading Ideas, Recipes, Activities, and Smart Tips for Organizing Terrific Kids’ Book Clubs after librarians, parents, and teachers who attended their talks asked for a similar book for the growing number of youth book clubs across the country. During eighteen months of research and writing on this trend, the pair was inspired by the enthusiasm and ideas of youth book club members, and by the insights of notable children’s authors whom they contacted.
The authors continue to participate in many book clubs, both with adults and with children. They enjoy speaking about book clubs, and relish their ongoing conversations with book and food enthusiasts across the country.
They both live with their families in the Boston area.
Visit Vicki Levy Krupp’s web page at www.penguinspeakersbureau.com/speaker/153
Speaking Topics
- Book Clubs for Kids
Judy discusses what she and Vicki learned in conversations with hundreds of youth book club facilitators and members across the country and shares the secrets of creating and sustaining a vital, exciting youth book club, including the nuts and bolts of organizing meetings, selecting books, running discussions, and the creative ways that youth book clubs around the country are integrating food and and activities into their meetings. Judy speaks on the evolutionary process of writing THE KIDS’ BOOK CLUB BOOK: finding the titles that make book clubs tick; pairing recipes and activities with literature; and hearing from best-selling children’s book authors about their challenges, inspirations, and creative processes.
- Book Clubs (and Food) for Adults
What book clubs across America are reading and eating, how successful groups create exciting meetings, and how food can add a unique and delicious dimension to discussions of literature. Generally, a sampling of foods from the book is made available to the audience after the talk—always a welcome aspect of the event!
Featured Book
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THE KIDS' BOOK CLUB BOOK
“A handy resource for book-hungry kids and their friends."—Publishers Weekly
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