by Pam | Jun 7, 2016 | Blog, Books
A YA/teen graphic novel can make computer science education fun and easy?! The bad news is that roughly half of high schools don’t allow computer science classes to count as credit toward graduation. The good news is that now someone has made computer education...
by Pam | Jun 1, 2016 | Blog
Writing contest for kids: Calling all writers in grades 5 to 8: Fight for literacy and get published with World Literacy Canada! The annual Write for A Better World contest is back with the prompt to write a 400-word story about looking at yourself through another...
by Pam | May 25, 2016 | Blog
Just returned from Toronto/Montreal/Ottawa, where I did school and library talks and visited my son. I also did a road trip to Montana, where my sister Priscilla and I visited our niece Esther near Philipsburg, a town that looks like it is straight out of a Western....
by Pam | May 18, 2016 | Blog
Whew! Just back from doing Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa in less than a week (even did a presentation in Tsawwassen, BC early this morning after my late-night flight got in!). Thanks to all the libraries, schools and librarians that supported me, including Hillcrest...
by Pam | May 18, 2016 | Books, Featured
Thirteen-year-old Chris and his family are setting up a bungee jump in his backyard. It’s a real large-scale bungee jump off a bridge that connects his backyard to a small island owned by his family. Not only is it going to be the coolest attraction around, but...
