Zevi Takes the Spotlight gets a Star!

Zevi wants to be a star so it's wonderful that he has received his first review and it comes with a star from School Library Journal!  The book will be published in early April 2004 by Orca Book Publishers and I can't wait!

⭐️ Zevi Takes the Spotlight:

“Zevi is Jewish, and this important part of his identity is skillfully woven throughout the narrative. This hi-lo title excels in the genre, packaging an accessible, dyslexia-friendly text with a compelling plot and likeable protagonist whose journey readers will happily follow." 

Highly recommended

Ready for preorder now:

 McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnpeg, Manitoba

 Barnes and Nobles 

 Amazon

Cloning Miranda! Two new covers! Two new editions!

Cloning Miranda will be out in Korean in early January. I love, love, love the cover! It's wild. 

And for those of you who want to read it in English it is also out in a brand new edition in English. With a new cover! Which I also love!

Miranda, a 14 - year - old who lives in California, discovers that she is the first human clone. 

 

Writing Historical Fiction

 On Monday night, December 4, at 7 PM, I'll be joining two other authors and a very distinguished moderator, Mavis Reimer from the University of Winnipeg, to discuss writing historical fiction for young people. 

OLA chooses Who's Looking? as an honourable mention for its BEST BETS!

 Who’s Looking has received an Honourable Mention in the Junior Nonfiction category in the Ontario Library Association’s 2022 Best Bets!

So thrilled!

I'm Touring for 2023 Canadian Children's Book Week

 

Attention elementary schools in the Kootneys, BC and New Brunswick

Click here to apply before January 11, 2023.

I'd love to do a reading or a workshop for your students during Canadian Children's Book Week, April 30 - May 6, 2023. You have two of my books to choose from and a selection of presentations:

Who's Looking? is a non-fiction book suitable for Kindergarten to Grade 4

A Struggle For Hope is a Holocaust novel suitable for Grades 4-9

Who's Looking? Nominated for a 2023 Silver Birch Express Award®

Who's Looking? How Animals See the World has been nominated for a 2023 Silver Birch Express Award®. I can't wait to share the book with students of all ages, but especially with grades 3 and 4 in the Express category. First readings on January 10th!

 

Who's Looking? — a Best Book of 2022 (Canadian Children's Book Centre)

 Was absolutely thrilled to see Who's Looking? How Animals See the World, illustrated by Cornelia Li,  named a Best Book of 2022 in the Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids and Teens 2022, Fall Edition. It is included in Science books, which is especially cool.