Carla Killough McClafferty

AUTHOR OF BIOGRAPHY-PLUS NONFICTION BOOKS

Selected Works

Books for young readers
In Defiance of Hitler: The Secret Mission of Varian Fry
This book reveals a little known story of an American Holocaust rescuer who helped refugees out of France in 1940-41.
Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium
This biography of Marie Curie reveals the woman as well as the scientist. It also describes what the world at large did with her discoery, radium.
The Head Bone's Connected to the Neck Bone: The Weird, Wacky and Wonderful X-ray
With an engaging text and numerous historical photographs, this book tells about the X-ray from its discovery to its uses today in art, archeology, science, industry and more.
Inspirational
Forgiving God: A Woman's Struggle to Understand When God Answers No
This beautifully told story of triumph over tragedy reveals a Mother's spiritual and emotional journey back to God after losing her son to accidental injuries.

Appearances

PERSONAL APPEARANCES IN 2010


January 9 SCBWI conference, Syracuse, New York

February 25 Arkansans for Gifted & Talented Education (AGATE) conference

April 7 keynote luncheon speaker for the Friends of the Library, Southern Arkansas University

April 9 Arkansas Literacy Festival, Literacy on the Lawn: Reading at the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion

April 19 Arkansas Association of Instructional Media (AAIM) conference

April 29 Author visit Arlington Middle School, Arlington, Tennessee

May 2 Keo Methodist Church, speaker for the Men’s Prayer Breakfast, Keo, Arkansas

May 3, Young Author Workshop, Fayetteville Schools, Fayetteville, Arkansas

May 3, presentation at the Fayetteville Public Library, Fayetteville, Arkansas

May 4 McNair Middle School, Fayetteville, Arkansas

May 5 Holt Middle School, Fayetteville, Arkansas

May 20 Ozarks Unlimited Resources Educational Services Cooperative, Researching and Writing Nonfiction Workshop, 130 students, Harrison, Arkansas

June 25 book signing at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C.

June 28 keynote luncheon speaker for the American Association of School Librarians, American Library Association, Washington D.C.

July 26 Ozarks Unlimited Resources Educational Services Cooperative, Researching and Writing Nonfiction Workshop for teachers, Harrison, Arkansas


LINKS TO ARTICLES AND WEB SITES REGARDING PERSONAL APPEARANCES


PERSONAL APPEARANCES IN 2009


January 13 Miami Holocaust Museum, Holocaust Education Week

January 15 Oak Grove High School

January 28 radio interview with Sam Greenfield, radio talk show host, New York City

January 28 Ridgewood Public Library, Ridgewood, New Jersey

March 3 Central Arkansas Library System, teacher event

April 17 Guest Reader for children at the Arkansas Governor's Mansion

April 18 Arkansas Literacy Festival

April 19 Live radio interview with John Rothmann, radio talk show, San Francisco

April 20 Arkansas Association of Instructional Media conference

April 30 Northwood Middle School

May 9 panel and luncheon for Arkansas Women's Forum

May 21 Robinson High School

June 4 author visit at Saint Expuery High School, Marseille, France

June 4 presentation at the American Consulate, Marseille, France

June 5 panel at Varian Fry conference, Marseille, France

July 1 Literacy Lab, Harding University

July 12 panel presentation with other nonfiction authors at the American Library Association Conference, Chicago

September 8 Clarksville High School, Clarksville Jr. High School

September 14 Lion's Club, Little Rock

September 22 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, book shop

October 16-17 SCBWI conference, Southern Breeze region, Birmingham, Alabama

November 3 North Pulaski High School

November 14 SCBWI conference, College Station, Texas

November 19, 20 Berryville Schools, Green Forrest Schools

PERSONAL APPEARANCES IN 2008


March 6 presentation for lay chaplains, LR, AR

March 14 school visit, Victory Baptist School, 4-6 grades

April 17 school visit, Pulaski Academy, 3-4 grades

April 21 presentation for Arkansas Asso. Instructional Media (AAIM)

May 4 presentation, Books in Bloom Festival, Eureka Springs, AR

June 11 Harding University, Teachers As Writers Conference

July 9 Harding University, Literacy Lab guest author

September 8 Harding University, class guest speaker

September 18 Central Arkansas Library System, Perma-Bound workshop

September 25 school visit, Victory Baptist School, 4-6 grades

October 3-4 presentations at the IRA, Missouri conference, Springfield, MO

October 6 telephone interview with Suzanne Lieurance/​Working Writer

October 11 Book Launch, Central Arkansas Library System, Terry Branch, 11:00 to 12:30

October 21 presentations for students, FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES, and keynote speaker at the New Teacher Reception, Shelby-Memphis Council Teachers of English, Memphis, TN

November 5 England Elementary School

Podcast interview with Suzanne Lieurance, Book Bites

November 8 book signing, Books-A-Million, North Little Rock, AR

November 13 keynote speaker Arkansas Science Teachers Association

November 14 Arkansas Education Association conference

November 20-21 presentation Arkansas IRA conference, authors coffee

November 25 Gibbs Magnet Elementary School

PERSONAL APPEARANCES IN 2007


January 29, guest speaker at the Creative Writing for Children class, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas


February 22, school visit, 4th and 5th grades, The Cathedral School, Little Rock, Arkansas


March 9, writing about science workshop, Professional Day, Catholic Diocese, Little Rock, Arkansas


April 12, speaker at the Arkansas branch of the American Society of Radiologic Technologist, Little Rock, Arkansas


April 13-14, Arkansas Spring Conference, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Conway, Arkansas


April 23, speaker at the Arkansas Association of Instructional Media (AAIM), Hot Springs, Arkansas


May 15, honored at the International Reading Association (IRA) Young Adult Award Luncheon, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium named as the winner of the IRA Children’s Book Award, intermediate nonfiction category


August 3-6, speaker at the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Conference annual national conference, Los Angeles, California


September 25, keynote luncheon speaker at the Jonesboro Celebration of Hope, Jonesboro, Arkansas


September 24-28, author visits at various local schools in Jonesboro, Arkansas


November 15, speaker, Southwest Regional International Reading Association Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas


November 16-18, National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE), Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium will be recognized as an Orbis Pictus Honor Book, New York, New York