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"Lois can speak to a wide age range in her presentations because she relates stories to the lives of the audience. She helps others see that her book characters struggle with the same problems, decisions, and feelings that we do today. Children and adults alike are fascinated to learn how Lois does her research for historical fiction, and how people she meets influence the direction of her stories.
"Using Escape into the Night as a common ground for discussion, Lois taught the students practical skills for brainstorming story ideas, organizing thoughts to plan a story, and developing believable characters. Lois has the ability to draw children out, stir their thinking, and help them expand their writing skills. She interacts freely with them, invites their ideas and responses, and gently encourages them to develop their own stories. Students left her workshop believing they had worthwhile ideas to write about.
"One word summarizes the key to Lois' presentations: relationships. She loves and values children and conveys that to them. It comes through her voice, her eyes, and her conversations with individual children, as well as through the numerous books she writes for them. I wholeheartedly recommend Lois Walfrid Johnson to you as an author, speaker, and teacher. Everyone who hears her will be enriched."
—Linda Joyce Heaner, Vice President, Richfield Home Educators, Richfield, MN |
