Nakusp

The next stop on my KLF tour – Nakusp!  What a spectacular village!  With a beautiful library!  Really – there are not enough exclamation marks to describe it and the kids were wonderful too (thanks in part to their very supportive teachers!) A huge thank you to Susan and Patty for the warm welcome.  And […]

KLF Tour

Today, my tour with the Kootenay Library Federation officially began!  Over the next few months I will be visiting seven different libraries across the Kootenay region of BC, thanks to the KLF and the amazing organization of Helen Graham. My first stop was Midway where I got to meet with over a hundred enthusiatic grade […]

And the winner is…

…WILDSIGHT! Many thanks to all the students, teachers, and parents who participated in my Authors for Earth Day visit at the Rossland Library!  And thank you to the Rossland Telegraph and the Rossland News for covering the event.  We had a great time discussing rules, reading “Trouble in the Trees”, staging a protest, and voting for […]

Publishers Weekly Article on A4ED

I am so proud to be part of Authors for Earth Day!  Read more about the 2013 international event in this Publishers Weekly Article. Here’s a list of the Non-Profit Environmental Organizations on the nominee list for my visit; The West Kootenay EcoSociety Wildsight Bear Aware BC Stream of Dreams These are all great, local […]

Not an April Fools joke!

This photo was taken by my good friend, Jean-Michel Lemieux, near Jervis Bay in New South Wales, Australia.  I can’t wait to take it to my next author visit to show students how silly people can be about following rules… they even left their address!