Deborah Orr has dedicated her career to providing ​educational opportunities to increase literacy for children in historically disadvantaged areas. Originally from Detroit, MI, Deborah Orr founded Outreach Productions in 1991 to promote literacy through the arts in underserved communities. For the past twenty years she has worked to provide children in the Austin community with creative avenues to make learning an exciting adventure. Ms. Orr has served the community by providing puppetry, storytelling, and reading and writing workshops to encourage learning. She is the author of The Little Cornbread Girl, Mumba Tales, and Candice and the Beautiful Junk. You can order her books as an e-book or hard a copy from Amazon. Ms. Orr also work closely with the non-profit organization, Outreach Productions, helping them promote reading. She can offer your organization the programs listed below:

• Storytime
• Crafts based on the book presented
• Readings structures based on test requirements
• Will virtually instruct classes in literature/social studies