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Appearances

Please send an email message to Peter@PeterVanderwall.com when you are interested in having him appear at your event and read Mac's Big Wish or mentor students in screenwriting. Please include date, location and your goal for his appearance.
Friday, November 22, 2024  Atkinson Elementary School, Portland Oregon. Approx. 10:30 am - 1:30 pm. Read and discuss Mac's Big Wish with small groups of Kinders and Students in 1st Grade.
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Saturday, October 26, 2024  Oregon Literacy Association Conference. Parkrose High School, Portland Oregon. Approx. 10:00 am - 3:00 pm. Exhibit of Mac's Big Wish: inscribing and autographing books for interested educators with conference discount. Ask us about free lesson plans.
Saturday, October 5, 2024  Oregon Association of School Libraries Conference. "Better Together." Presenter via Zoom, Grant High School, Portland Oregon. Approx. 1:00 pm. "Mac's Big Wish: The Power of Service Dogs" with Jennifer McKenzie.
Sunday, August 25, 2024  Oregon Authors Table in the Columbia Building (between the fair’s quilts and cakes) at the State Fair, Salem, Oregon. Noon - 4:00 pm.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 Corgi Beach Takeover. Beach near the Prom in Seaside, Oregon. Sponsored by the Oregon Humane Society and Portland Corgi Meetup Group in association with the Oregon Park Department. Exhibit of Mac's Big Wish: inscribing and autographing books for interested participants.  10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Tuesday, May 21, 2024  Hamilton Creek Elementary, Lebanon, Oregon. Approx. 10:00 am - 2:30 pm. Read and discuss Mac's Big Wish with small groups of students in grades 1 - 5.
Thursday, May 17, 2024  Franklin School K-8, Corvallis, Oregon. 9:00 am - 2:00 pm. Read and discuss Mac's Big Wish with small groups of students in grades K - 8.
Thursday and Friday, April 18 and 19, 2024  Siuslaw Elementary, Florence, Oregon. Thursday late morning at Siuslaw High School with the creative writing class., Thursday afternoon reading and discussing Mac's Big Wish with small groups of students in grades K - 5, Thursday evening reading and discussing Mac's Big Wish with volunteers at the Oregon Coast Humane Society, and Friday morning with special groups of students at the elementary followed by pre-school reading time at Siuslaw Public Library.
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Friday, April 25, 2024  Oregon Online Charter Academy, Statewide Enrollment. 10:00 am and 11:00 am. Read and discuss
Mac's Big Wish with a group of K-5 students and then with a group of students in Grades 6-8.
Thursday, January 25, 2024  Spotlight on Mac's Big Wish at the Oregon State Literacy Association's January Meetup attended by 75 educators. 4:15 - 5:15 pm. Slides from the presentation are linked.
Thursday, January 4, 2024  Harrisburg Elementary, Harrisburg, Oregon. Approx. 12:30 - 3:00 pm. Read and discuss Mac's Big Wish with small groups of students in grades 1 - 5 followed by colloquium with high school creative writing students interested in screen writing.
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Saturday, December 4, 2023  Authors & Artists Fair, Eugene, Oregon. 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. Exhibitor.
Saturday, November 24, 2023  Wetzel Estate Holiday Festival, Dallas, Oregon. 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. Exhibitor.
Friday, October 20, 2023  Portland Book Festival, Portland, Oregon. Represented by Luminare Press.
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