School Visits
Gloria Taylor Crone and illustrator Brandy Taylor Strzelecki love sharing Strolling Adventure with children — reading the book, singing the songs, and bringing a guitar along for the stroll.
Yorktown Elementary
June 2026 — Gloria Taylor Crone and illustrator Brandy Taylor Strzelecki visited a Yorktown Elementary classroom to share Strolling Adventure — reading the book, singing the songs, and playing guitar with the students.
Offerings for elementary school visits
Programs below include content adjusted for grade level and run 20–30 minutes for younger grades up through 2nd, 35–45 minutes for grades 3 and up.
It's Story Time! (for Grades Pre K — 2nd)
- An interactive read-aloud of Strolling Adventure and sing-a-long with live guitar
- Learn colors and numbers
- Discuss what we see on the page
- About 20 minutes
Making a Picture Book (Grades 2–5)
- Intro to the book, including the original idea
- Reading of the book and discussion of nature illustrated
- Creative illustration process step by step
- Q&A
Virginia Natural Habitat (Grades 4–5)
- Discuss some of the nature illustrated in the book
- Identify ways we are connected to nature
- Share ways items in the book are related to each other
- Q&A
An idea is not just an idea (Grades 2–5)
- Discuss kernels of an idea when starting the storytelling process
- How might we illustrate
- How does illustration contribute to the telling of a story
- Q&A
Mindset of an illustrator (Grades K–5)
- Who likes to draw?
- Identifying audience
- Sharing of the journey to define signature style
- How it all comes together
- Q&A