Book and Author Visits

Stuart conducts writing workshop and book readings for students. He's been a featured presenter for young authors in Rice Lake, at the Wisconsin Reading Association, for the Madison School District TAG writers program, for the Lakeshores Student Compilation celebration, and for individual schools around the Midwest.

Stuart reads his latest book, Curly Lambeau, to the Hodag in Rhinelander.

Stuart's own books, The Bookcase Ghost, and Books in a Box, are written for upper elementary aged students through adults. While both are concerned with Wisconsin subjects, they have a broad appeal to lovers of ghost stories, and lovers of libraries and history.

Stuart's biography of Curly Lambeau, father of the Green Bay Packers, published in September 2007 by the Wisconsin Historical Society, is a great exploration of an influential Wisconsin hero.

Stuart is currrently at work on a book about the song "We Shall Overcome" and its place in history, as well as a biography of Milwaukee's civil rights hero, Father James Groppi.

His writing presentations focus on encouraging young authors through specific writing exercises, problem solving, group writing, modeling, and relating personal experience. He frequently holds book signings as part of these workshops. Stuart's positive outlook and love of writing encourage young authors to take their own next steps in their development as creators of the written word.

Although writing workshops are tailored to meet school's or organization's specific needs, Stuart offers Keep the Pen Moving: How to Write Your Whole Life Long and The Hero's Journey: How Ancient Stories Still Live in Us. The first is filled with writing exercises and discussion points. The second uses oral storytelling techniques as a starting point to create written stories that build on the the hero's journey plot structure. Stuart can also incorporate songwriting into workshops, to help young writers focus on meter, rhyme, synthesis, and syntax.

In addition to his books, Stuart's work has been published in a number of national periodicals, including the Christian Science Monitor, Pass It On!, Yes Magazine, Wisconsin Trails, and the Wisconsin Magazine of History.