Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day

Wrapping up my week-long author tour of Ontario, I dropped into Toronto for a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend with my son Jeremy. We walked for hours, to The Beaches, through an antiques market, around Toronto Island, Chinatown and Little Italy, and lots of other...

TD Book Week Day 5

I’ll add photos later when they arrive! On Friday I visited Ajax Public library (McLean Branch) in Ajax, Ontario, and Queen Elizabeth Public School i Oshawa. At Ajax, librarian Mandy fed me tea and a homemade ginger cookie to get me revved up, and I presented to...
TD Book Week, Days 3 and 4

TD Book Week, Days 3 and 4

As my week’s author-tour in Ontario continues…. Who knew that the Trent Lakes Public Library in Buckhorn, Ontario used to be a schoolhouse, and one of the librarians, my host Kim Fernandes, is also a children’s author about to go on tour to Japan?! I...
TD Book Week, Day 2

TD Book Week, Day 2

Imagine my delight at presenting to students in Picton, Ontario today in a historic library: one that has been continuously operating since 1910, and is a charming red brick building with two fireplaces and an aquarium inside! Julie gave me a grand tour before the...
TD Book Week 2018 Tour: Carleton Place and Westport

TD Book Week 2018 Tour: Carleton Place and Westport

As of this week, there are 30 Canadian children’s authors, illustrators and storytellers moving about the country giving school and library presentations under the sponsorship of TD Book Week. And I’m one of them!            ...