by Pam | Jan 21, 2021 | Blog, Books, Boys' LIteracy, education, Literacy, parenting boys, Parenting Tips, Uncategorized
Guess what percentage of kidlit/YA authors are male? The answer is 14%. Why does that matter? Well, given how essential they are as role models in getting boys to read, it’s important that educators and parents know who they are, schools and libraries hire them...
by Pam | Nov 27, 2020 | Blog, Books, education
List includes Arooj Hayat’s & my The Parkour Club, 2020. Please let us know if we’ve inadvertently included middle grade, nonfiction, or any misspellings. All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney All We Have Left by Wendy Mills Amal Unbound by...
by Pam | Oct 15, 2019 | Blog, Books
I’m humbled and honored, and doing a little happy-dance! 😊 It’s official as of today that my young-adult novel Stowaway is one of ten in Canada nominated for a Red Maple 2020 fiction award. I’m also tickled that this is my third nomination (for...
by Pam | Dec 14, 2018 | Blog, Books
Because my young-adult adventure novel Tracker’s Canyon has been nominated for the prestigious Red Maple Award (Ontario Library Association, Forest of Reading) , it means I will be doing author presentations on tour May 7, 2019 onward in Toronto and beyond....
by Pam | Mar 7, 2018 | Blog, Books
Everyone has a favorite author. Mine is award-winning Canadian young-adult novelist Deborah Ellis, who has more than 30 titles to her name So for me, the past weekend’s Oscars wasn’t about the glamorous actors and actresses pausing on the red carpet, or...
