Bringing Early Literacy, Music, & Positivity Together!
Original Author of Pete the Cat,
The Nuts, & Groovy Joe!
Eric Litwin is a song singing, guitar strumming, # 1 New York Times best selling, award winning author who brings early literacy, music, and positivity together. He is the original author of the Pete the Cat series as well as the author of The Nuts, Groovy Joe, and The Poop Song. Eric is also the co-author of The Power of Joyful Reading: Help Your Young Readers Soar to Success, a popular professional development book for teachers. Eric's books promote optimism and get the reader engaged. They have sold over 16 million copies, been translated into 17 languages, and won 26 literacy awards including a Theodor Geisel Seuss Honor Award. Eric is a popular presenter giving engaging performances and keynotes across the country on early literacy and positivity.
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Because It's All Good! (concert) Eric shares his original Pete the Cat read aloud stories, as well as The Nuts, & Groovy Joe. Students and families sing along, move along, and dance along to the captivating musical stories. Eric also shares how Pete the Cat and his other characters stay positive and loving even as things get tough.
Joyful & Engaging Early Reading! (keynote/workshop) Eric shares how to transform our classrooms and homes into "reading playgrounds" where children read along to, sing to, dance to, and celebrate words and texts. He also demonstrates how children who are immersed in joyful and engaging shared reading experiences throughout the day grow to love books and are prepared for successful reading instruction.
Happiness Simplified! (keynote/workshop) Eric has been researching happiness for over twenty years and weaving the ideas into his bestselling children’s books. In this enjoyable presentation, for busy adults, Eric uses his beloved children's stories and songs to simplify and explain happiness concepts found in neuroscience, positive psychology, and mindfulness. Audience will see and experience happiness in a new and helpful light.
Eric's Story
Eric is a former classroom teacher. One morning he walked past a kindergarten classroom and saw the children immersed in books and reading! One little girl hugged her favorite book like a baby. Latter that day he asked his third grade students if they would like to read together. Some of his students were enthusiastic. But many appeared totally uninterested. Eric was deeply concerned. He wanted to understand what happened between kindergarten and third grade? Where did the the love of books and reading go? He began writing musical interactive stories for young children to help them fall in love with books and build a strong reading foundation. These stories would become his first published books. Now Eric's books are found in classrooms and homes across the country and world. And, they have helped thousands and thousands of children learn to read, love books, and stay positive.
