Caryn Huberman Yacowitz

Here's the group that created JEANS!
Would you like to perform JEANS! at your school? Let us know! yackybooks@hotmail.com or jeansthemusical@hotmail.com

Dexter Fidler, artist director of Peninsula Youth Theatre, came to see the staged reading of JEANS!

Author Visit

Contact me at yackybooks@hotmail.com for author visits/workshops/play productions & personal manuscript critiques.

Or, if you heard about me through KatzConnects, my booking agent, please contact them directly: katzconnects@aol.com

Upcoming appearances:

December 9 Barnes and Noble, Stevens Creek 2-3pm

December 10 Books Inc, Opera Plaza, SF 3-6 Jewish Coalition for Literacy (601 Van Ness Avenue)

December 14, Books Inc, Mountain View, 4-7 pm Jewish Coalition for Literacy (Castro Street)

October 21, 2006 Polka Dot Attic, Danville, CA 1-3pm

October 31, 2006 Yew Chung School, Mountain View, CA

November 3, 2006 California Reading Association Convention Center, Sacramento. CA signing 4-5:30 pm

recent appearances:

September 25, 2006 Pittman Elementary School, Stockton

Stories on Stage contains a readers' theater version of The Jade Stone as well as many other plays. Available through Aaron Shepard.

Selected Works

New Works

Native American Series Now Available
All 7 titles of the Native American series are now available in hardcover and in paperback.

Non-Fiction

Comanche Indians Navajo Indians Seminole Indians Lakota Indians Inuit Indians Iroquois Indians Shawnee Indians
How did the Comanche live long ago? What about today? Who were the Seminole and why are they called "the undefeated"?

Picture Book

The Jade Stone, A Chinese Folktale
The Great Emperor of All China orders a the stone carver Chan Lo to carve a dragon of wind and fire, but is that what the stone wants to be?

Picture Books

Pumpkin Fiesta
Old Juana grows the biggest and best pumpkins! "What is her secret ?" wonders Foolish Fernando. Now the fun begins!

The Jade Stone, A Chinese Folktale
A "dragon of wind and fire" demands the great Emperor of All China. But is that what Chan Lo hears in the stone?

Theatre, Photo Essay

Onstage/Backstage
Ten year-old Chessa is in a play. Join her in rehearsal, set-building, makeup, performance. All aspects of theatre--on onstage and backstage!

Quick Links

E-mail me for author events/writing questions/classes/PUMPKIN FIESTA play

Pelican Publishing Company

HarperCollins Children's Books

Heinemann Library Publishers

JEANS! The Musical

KatzConnects booking agent

Authors Guild

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