School Visits & Residencies
In-Person Programs for Children & Youth
Bring books off the shelf and into an interactive learning experience.
Shakeema's in-person programs combine authorship, literacy, social-emotional learning, creative writing, poetry, representation, and student voice.
Programs are customized based on age, grade level, group size, school goals, and available time.
One-Day Author Experience
$400
Up to one school day of programming.
May include:
- Up to 3 workshops, presentations, or assemblies
- Interactive author read-aloud
- Meet-the-author experience
- Creative writing
- Storytelling activities
- SEL activities
- Student Q&A
- Poetry
- Character development
- Inclusive literature and representation
- Age-appropriate book creation discussion
- Responsible AI conversation
- Book signing when applicable
Three-Day Author Residency
$1,100
Three days of immersive programming.
Students have the opportunity to move beyond meeting an author and begin creating alongside one.
Programming may include writing labs, SEL activities, poetry, character development, collaborative storytelling, small groups, student publishing activities, and a closing celebration.
Save $100 compared with three individual days.
One-Week Author & SEL Residency
$1,750
Five school days.
A deeper exploration of literacy, identity, emotions, belonging, creativity, and student voice.
Sample Week
- Day 1Meet the Author
- Day 2Our Stories Matter
- Day 3Feelings Have Stories Too
- Day 4Young Authors Studio
- Day 5Young Authors Celebration
Save $250.
Two-Week Creative Learning Residency
$3,200
Ten school days.
An extended creative-learning residency that can culminate in a student anthology, poetry collection, classroom book, community story, SEL project, or author showcase.
Save $800.
One-Month Author-in-Residence
$5,800
Up to 20 programming days.
A customized partnership that may include recurring classroom workshops, SEL instruction, poetry, creative writing, student publishing, responsible AI, small-group mentoring, teacher collaboration, family programming, and a final showcase.
Save $2,200 compared with individual program days.