©DON TATE
ILLUSTRATION
January
15 - Zilker Elementary School, full-day visit
February
6 - Cedar's International Academy
27 - Brookhaven Elementary, Killeen (3 presentations, afternoon) Killeen, Texas
27 - Oveta Culp Hobby Elementary library (2 presentations, morning) Killeen, Texas
April
2 - Texas Library Association
Book signings with Penguin (#1405 from 2:30pm ¢ 3:30pm) and Follet (3:30 p.m ¢ 4:30 p.m.)
16 and 17 - Corpus Christi Children's Book Festival
18 - African American Museum Children's Book Fair & Festival (All day Saturday)
24 - Windsor Park Elementary, NC (full-day)
25 - African American Children's Book Writers and Illustrators conference
Charolotte Hilton.
May
7 - Fort Worth, Bruce Shulkey Elementary, (full day, cancelled)
12 - Windsor Park Library, Austin (1 presentation)
13 - Milwood Branch Library, Austin -- 4th grade presentation
22 - Great Oaks Elementary, Round Rock (Full Day)
June
27 - Austin African American Book Festival, presentation
September
24, 25 - Fort Worth, Bruce Shulkey Elementary, (full day, Ms. Wagoner)
November
7 - Corpus Christi Public Libraries, Grand Opening, presentation.
14 - Hill Country Book Festival, Georgetown
Looking further out
January 19, 2010 - First Annual Dallas Vision Festival with honored guest Mrs. Laura W. Bush
Tentative, March 6, Tejas Art and Book Festival, Rockdale Texas, March 6, 2010
Tentative, November 19 -20, 2010, Savannah Children's Book Festival
2008 speaking engagements - Don Tate
February
23 - 2008 SCBWI Houston Editors' Day
date to be announced - Waterford Oaks Elementary, Dallas
6 - Neyland Public Library, Grand Opening, Corpus Christi
11 - Hill Country Book Festival, Georgetown Public Library
31 - Casey Elementary School, Austin
1 - Texas Book Festival, Moderate panel with YA authors
22 - Society of News Design, UT College of Communication
March
9- (full-day)Blackland Prairie Elem located in Round Rock
11-14- Texas Library Association Annual Conerence
27- (half-day(2) Bedichek Middle School
11- (half-day) Zavala Elementary School
2004 speaking engagements - Don Tate -- sorry I haven't kept this updated
March
11- Building a Nation of Readers, Artist and Dreamers
3- 1 p.m. BookPeople, Austin
16-17 Kingsville conference
October
27- Regents School of Austin
February
5- Dallas Chocolates, Dallas Texas
2003 past speaking engagements - Don Tate
January
31- Brentwood Christian School, Austin, TX
10- St. Gabriel's Catholic School, Austin, TX
01- Corpus Christi Children's Book Festival, Corpus Christi, TX
25- Barnes and Noble Arboretum- SCBWI reception and book signing, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Austin, TX. Will feature the book BLACK ALL AROUND!
29- Stevens Park Elementary School - Family Matters Program, Dallas, TX
04 - Oak Springs Wired for Youth Technology Center, Austin, TX
11 - Howson Branch Library, Austin, TX
19 - Carver Wired for Youth Technology Center, Austin, TX
27 - Huston-Tillotson College, Austin, TX.
8-9 Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX.
11 - Brentwood Christian School, Austin, TX.
14 - Doss Book Fair, Austin, TX.
21-22 Dallas Children's Book Fair and Literary Festival, Dallas, TX
11- Building a Nation of Readers, Artist and Dreamers
May
September
2 presentations, 3- and 5 p.m.
October
Career Day, 3 - presentations
November
I Haven't Been Myself Lately: My Life as a Writer
Adobe Illustrator demonstration
2007 speaking engagements - Don Tate
April
Will sign books with Lee & Low
Presentation, college preparatory
May
14- (full day) Taylor Middle School
A community sponsored event in Waco, TX.
Theme: "You can do this too!"
April
Reading and book signing
Childcare provider conference
Book Fair
2005 speaking engagements - Don Tate
Book Fair hosted by Earning by Learning of Dallas www.eblofdallas.org
Visual presentation and discussion with Austin-area Christian school librarians.
April
Visual presentation and discussion with art students grades 6, 7, 8th
May
Book signing, storytelling, caricature drawing.
Presentation to over 1000 children plus local school visit
Visual presentation, storytelling, caricature drawing.
Sponsored by The African American Museum, Dallas, TX
June
Visual presentation and discussion
Visual presentation and discussion, ages 5+
Visual presentation and discussion, ages 8 - 15+
October
Visual presentation and discussion, 8 a.m.
November
Featured Illustrator/Author
Participation in roundtable discussion about illustrating for children
Book signing
Children's Book Week, National Young Readers Day -
Book reading
Visual presentation and discussion, brown bag lunch with teaching staff
Visual presentation and discussion at area elementary schools, Literary Festival book signing
2004 speaking engagments
March
a community sponsored event in Waco, TX.
Theme: "You can do this too!"
