The below was such a sweet note to receive from a parent of one of the kids I spoke to during Canadian Children’s Book Week! The boy was so funny, smart and inquisitive, and we had a blast connecting. Actually, that about sums up my feelings about all the 400 kids from primary/kindergarten up toContinue reading “Book Week Recap!”
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Canadian Children’s Book Week!
This week I’m touring beautiful Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to visit several schools and libraries, connect with kids, and spread my love of reading and writing with anyone who will listen. Hope I’ll get to see you! For more information on Book Week, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, and my author visits, please visit: https://bookcentre.ca/book-week
Donate to a great cause for a chance to win!
I decided to create a fun little way to encourage donations to the Writer’s Federation of Nova Scotia’s 2024 WRITING RUMBLE on March 21. The $$ will go to the Charles Saunders Prize, which supports emerging authors working on speculative fiction or nonfiction. Priority is given to writers from marginalized communities. For every $10 youContinue reading “Donate to a great cause for a chance to win!”
Beautiful video about Freddie the Flyer by APTN News
Thank you so much to APTN journalist Karli Zschogner for creating this gorgeous video featuring Fred and Miki in their home and hangar along with: Karli also created an article featuring some lovely photos as well! Click here to read it.
Celebrate National Aviation Day with me at Woozles!
Please come join me on Saturday, March 2 (please note new date!) from 2pm – 4pm at Woozles Children’s Bookstore (6013 Shirley St, Halifax) to celebrate National Aviation Day. My popular and critically-acclaimed picture books, Freddie the Flyer and Alis the Aviator, feature pioneering Canadian Indigenous aviators and I’d love to share them with you! It willContinue reading “Celebrate National Aviation Day with me at Woozles!”
Happy World Read Aloud Day!
Happy World Read Aloud Day! Speaking of reading aloud, I burst into happy tears when my publisher shared this news yesterday: Two hundred Grade 3 students from across the Winnipeg School Division gathered at the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada to kick off “I Love to Read” month recently. Kimberly Ballantyne, the first IndigenousContinue reading “Happy World Read Aloud Day!”
TD Summer Reading Club 2024 picks Freddie!
We just had a weekend-long snowstorm here in Nova Scotia, and I know a lot of people are looking ahead to summer. So what a perfect time to hear that Freddie the Flyer will be part of TD Summer Reading Club 2024! The theme this year is “To the Stars” and I’m so pleased thatContinue reading “TD Summer Reading Club 2024 picks Freddie!”
Freddie part of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library!
It’s been so hard to sit on this amazing news, but Freddie the Flyer is part of Dolly Parton’s 2024 Imagination Library for Canada!!! EEEEK! When I first got the news while cooking dinner for the family a couple of months ago, I squealed loudly and immediately teared up. I still feel like this today.Continue reading “Freddie part of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library!”
Book me for Canadian Children’s Book Week!
Canadian Children’s Book Week is open for bookings until February 2, 2024. Cape Breton teachers and librarians, the CCBC will be sending me your way in late April/early May to do author visits. These are subsidized by the CCBC so your costs will be minimal. Folks in other parts of Canada, I *may* be allowedContinue reading “Book me for Canadian Children’s Book Week!”
Freddie’s Fall Flight Recap!
What a trip!!! It took me a couple of weeks to process the epic launch journey for Freddie the Flyer last month. From KidsFest / Afterwords in Halifax through school, library, and bookstore events in Alberta and the Northwest Territories, I’ve been soaring through the fall (with some turbulence, of course!). Freddie on tour! GettingContinue reading “Freddie’s Fall Flight Recap!”