by Pam | Sep 6, 2017 | Blog
My back-to-school adventure this fall is in Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada: population 2,000 and 450km/270 miles northwest of Vancouver. It’s in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest, the setting of my next novel, and I’m speaking at the high school there...
by Pam | Aug 30, 2017 | Blog, Boys' LIteracy, parenting boys
Parents can suggest the following to their son’s teacher, or encourage their son to do so: 1) Read aloud to the class more; assign less silent reading. 2) Let boys dramatize their reading and writing more. 3) Give them more breaks to physically move around. 4) Do less...
by Pam | Aug 23, 2017 | Blog
To all adventure lovers: Here’s the latest review for my new young-adult novel Tracker’s Canyon Rating: 5 out of 5 stars by educator Martha Lawton for NetGalley “Tracker’s Canyon was a great adventure story for many students. The book is well written...
by Pam | Aug 16, 2017 | Blog, Parenting Tips
by Cynthia Gill (Pam’s older sister and co-author with her of Jump-Starting Boys*) I always said that I’d rather home-school my boys because I thought the school system discriminated against young boys. This was long before I learned anything about brain...
by Pam | Aug 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
He rose early, cared little about his clothes, his customary ensemble a rumpled three-piece civilian suit, stiff detachable collar, black tie with stickpin. His main pleasures were food – virtually anything set before him – horseback riding, a glass of beer,...
by Pam | Aug 1, 2017 | Blog
Reprinted from my guest blog on the Dundurn Press blog: Canyoneering involves roped-up, wetsuited adventurers descending waterfalls and sculpted canyons. It’s a sport so heart-stopping and photogenic that when I saw a spread of it in a magazine, I declared, “This is...
