Top Secret Graphics / Book List

 

Bookmarks (Front & Back)

I bring one of these bookmarks for each student at your school:


Posters

I send you three of these 18" x 24" posters to post around the school to publicize your program.  (Let me know if you would like more than three.)  They really help build excitement about the "big day."  The white bar is an area for you to write the date, time, and/or location of your programs, or any other information you'd like to pass on.


 

Printable Graphic

This is similar to the poster, but it doesn't have the white bar.  If you're printing reading certificates or other forms and you can use this as a starting point, you're welcome to use it.    Just copy and paste it into whichever program you're using. 

 


 

Press Release

"Secret Agent Curt Nelson, code named 'The Motivator,' has been called The Man With 1,000 Faces. He's been spotted teaching middle school and high school science, performing as a tuxedo-clad magician, writing children’s books and presenting educational assemblies dressed as a safari guide or train engineer. Curt is believed to reside in Oregon and reportedly travels the Northwest with great impunity, even performing publicly before thousands of children each year. He has recently been seen traveling with a magic bunny rabbit (a.k.a. Leanne) and a puppet rat named Roosevelt. Working as a team, they create an environment of merriment and laughter, then, when their audience least expects it, they slip in motivational and educational messages. The children clap and cheer while the adults in the audience, laughing too hard from the humorous presentation, are helpless to stop them. Reliable witnesses have called their program "the best I have seen," "a stellar performance," and given it their "highest recommendation." For more information (what little is know about them), visit www.slightlyillusional.com, or come to your location at time on your date to see Curt, Leanne and Roosevelt perform their 'Top Secret' assembly."


Book List

You'll receive a hard-copy of this book list in the information packet I mail about a month before the program.

Books Featured in the “Top Secret”

Reading/Geography Program

 

Note: I remind students during the program that they can check out a book similar to the ones listed below.  Topics that I discuss in this program include geography concepts (cartography, continents, peninsulas, islands and the countries of Italy, Australia, and Mexico), secret codes and invisible ink, rabbits, dogs, magic tricks, gardening, cooking, spy stories and drawing.  I may not get through all those subjects, but I’ll try.

 

1 2 3 Draw Cartoon Faces: A Step-By-Step Guide (1 2 3 Draw)
by Steve Barr

Publisher: Peel Productions (September 15, 2002)

ISBN-10: 0939217473

ISBN-13: 978-0939217472

 

The Complete Dog Book for Kids
by American Kennel Club

Publisher: Howell Book House (October 30, 1996)

ISBN-10: 0876054602

ISBN-13: 978-0876054604

 

Eyewitness Atlas of the World
by Dorling Kindersley Inc

Publisher: Dk Publishing (2004)

ISBN-10: 0789408414

 

Eyewitness: Spy
by Richard Platt

Publisher: DK CHILDREN; 1st edition (June 1, 2000)

ISBN-10: 0789458527

ISBN-13: 978-0789458520

 

The Gardening Book
by Jane Bull

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (February 6, 2003)

ISBN-10: 0751364738

ISBN-13: 978-0751364736

 

Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition

by Crockett Johnson

Publisher: HarperTrophy (May 20, 1981)

ISBN-10: 0064430227

ISBN-13: 978-0064430227

 

Harriet the Spy
by Louise Fitzhugh

Publisher: Yearling; Reprint edition (May 8, 2001)

ISBN-10: 0440416795

ISBN-13: 978-0440416791

 

Maps and Mapping 
by Barbara Taylor

Publisher: Kingfisher (April 15, 2002)

ISBN-10: 0753455064

ISBN-13: 978-0753455067

 

The Practical Encyclopedia of Magic
by Nicholas Einhorn

Publisher: Hermes House (2004)

ISBN-10: 0681783338

ISBN-13: 978-0681783331

 

Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing
by Paul B. Janeczko

Publisher: Candlewick; Reprint edition (April 11, 2006)

ISBN-10: 0763629723

ISBN-13: 978-0763629724

 

What Shall I Cook? (What Shall I Do Today Series)
by Ray Gibson

Publisher: Usborne Books (April 1997)

ISBN-10: 0746028539

ISBN-13: 978-0746028537


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