Bruce Lansky

Bring Bruce Lansky to Your School! Called “The King of Giggle Poetry” by his fans, Bruce Lansky is the creator of the popular GigglePoetry.com web site and author/editor of humorous poetry books that have sold over two million copies. Based in Minnesota, Bruce has performed workshops and assemblies at more than three hundred elementary and middle schools from coast to coast and has been a featured speaker at scores of reading and media conferences. Bruce teaches students how to write several kinds of poems using rhyme and free verse. His interactive program gives students a chance to create and perform poems. Students learn how much fun it can be to read and write poetry. Students are so inspired, Bruce often receives bags and boxes of poems and thank-you notes from students he has inspired—sometimes before he’s even left the school. Home: Minnetonka, MN Travels to: Bruce travels nationally, but often visits the New York metro area, Colorado, Minnesota, Arizona, and Florida Bruce is author of: My Dog Ate My Homework, If Pigs Could Fly... And Other Deep Thoughts, and Funny Little Poems for Funny Little People. Bruce is editor of & appears in: I’ve Been Burping in the Classroom , Peter, Peter, Pizza-Eater, Oh My Darling, Porcupine, Tinkle, Tinkle, Little Tot, Dinner with Dracula, Miles of Smiles, Kids Pick the Funniest Poems, A Bad Case of the Giggles, No More Homework! No More Tests!, Mary Had a Little Jam, Rolling in the Aisles, If Kids Ruled the School, and Happy Birthday to Me! Rates One-Day Visit: $1,250 plus travel and other expenses (available IN-STATE ONLY) Two-Day Residency: $2,000 plus travel and other expenses One-Week Residency: $5,000 plus travel and other expenses Evening Event: $250 plus travel and other expenses (available when you book a school visit OR are in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area) Click here for more information Biography Bruce Lansky is an internationally known poet and anthologist. He has a passion for getting children excited about reading and writing poetry. His respect for children is so great, they play an integral part in choosing poems for his poetry collections. Not surprisingly, Lansky's poetry books—including Mary Had a Little Jam, If Kids Ruled the School, and Rolling in the Aisles—are currently among America's best-selling children's poetry books. He is also the editor of the middle-grade fiction series Girls to the Rescue and Newfangled Fairy Tales. Bruce is also the creator of GigglePoetry.com, the number one poetry web site for kids. Called “The King of Giggle Poetry,” by his fans, Lansky’s poetry books have sold over two million copies. Lansky has performed in more than three hundred schools from coast to coast and has shared his creativity, humor, and inspiration at scores of teacher conferences.