Peter Parente will visit your school as much more than an author. Peter will read one or more of his books and speak about writing, publishing, and inspiration as well as promote conservation and a new found love for animals. You will meet the real Peeper the kinkajou and Maggie the 2-toed sloth and learn about their unique characteristics and their need for our help in the rainforest. The presentations are 30-45 minutes and customized to age groups and work best in 2-3 groups depending on the size of the school. K-2, 3-5 or K-1, 2-3, 4-5. Pre-K can be separate or part of the younger grades.

Peeper & Friends has created a fee scale that allows the publisher and school to work together with a goal of raising money for your school through book sales. We will provide an order form to pre-order personally signed books and ask for the total number ordered 30 days prior to the visit along with the names that the books will be dedicated to.

• Peter Parente may make his living as an author but doesn't do it strictly for the money. He created his series to promote education and conservation while understanding that budgets fluctuate throughout the country. You can contact him directly at (305) 744-0330 or info@peeperandfriends.com to negotiate fees.
• If this is for an underprivileged school we can work with other organizations to attempt to fund the event for your school.
• Morning visits can start as early as desired and need to be finished by around 11:30.
• Afternoon presentations can start at 1:30 and need to be finished by around 4:00.
  *It is recommended to book an event 3 months in advance.
  *Traveling with the animals is not an easy task so scheduling several appearances in the same school district works best.

BIO

Peter Parente has created this charming series, which was inspired by his kinkajou Peeper, to help educate children about unique creatures and their characteristics. The stories are designed to instill in children an appreciation for nature because the only hope for some of our ecosystems' survival is in our children who are our future. Peter utilizes all of his animals in the series to teach many other moral lessons as well as to provide pure reading enjoyment for adults and children.

Peter has had many years of experience working with exotics and educating others on the care and handling of these animals. He has taken all of his experience and utilizes his books and real animals as educational tools for his presentations that he provides for schools, zoos, and various other groups to help bring to our attention the needs for conservation around the world. He currently works with the Wild Life Rescue, Turtle Kraals, and The Dolphin Research Center in his hometown of Key West and raises funds for several other non-profit organizations as well as all of the schools, zoos, and children's groups he visits.

After high school Peter joined the Marine Corps and immediately tried out and became Marine Reconnaissance. By the time he was honorably discharged he was meritoriously promoted, highly decorated, and became a chief instructor training the most elite proving that age and rank took a second place to respect for hard work. The next step in life after the need for adventure was fulfilled was to be a successful businessman. Over the next six years Peter became a top producing stock broker and investment banker that earned a reputation as being one man who could motivate a whole sales force by leading by example. One day when realizing that he missed the action of the Marines and wanted to help people again he started a private investigation agency, Sensitive Operations Group (www.soginv.com), comprised of prior military special operatives which he still owns. Peter has always had an extreme love for nature and the final step to fulfillment in his life was to make a difference in the world. Feeling that the best way he could make a difference in the future was to teach children so he created Peeper & Fiends to be the voice for those who can't speak. Today he lives his dream as he always has.