This is a photo of our Red Maple book signing! Tuyet’s daughter Bria, Tuyet, Praveen — who sent me this pic — Tuyet’s son Luke, and me. Thanks for sending the pic, Praveen!
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Students give us THEIR autographs in North Bay!
Does it get any better than this?
What a fabulous Northern Forest of Reading series of events it was last week. The volunteers worked tirelessly. Special thanks to Meredith Gilbert Tutching, our own energizer bunny. The toughest job fell to the students, especially those who carried the signs and made the speeches about their favourite books and authors, like this young lady from North Bay.
Not what it looks like!
If someone just walked by this little sticker, they might think a student had “issues” but as the author of Making Bombs for Hitler, I am thrilled!
Kari Trogen (co-author of Margaret and the Moth Tree) snapped this shot at the Thunder Bay Forest of Reading day.
Thunder Bay Forest of Reading Authors
What a great time with Martin Springett,(myself) Janet Wilson, Kevin Sylvester and Natalie Hyde. Seated is Kari Trogen, Becky Citra and Brit Trogen.
Virtual visit with Manitouadge Public School
I had a very interesting experience last Monday! I was set to do a google talk “virtual visit” with Manitouwadge students 1173 kilometers away. At the appointed time, as the students were assembling, the northern internet reception became very spotty. There was not enough strength to transmit my image to the students, and on my end, I could neither see them nor hear them! But we persevered. Sandra Woodrow, the library technician at Manitouawdge Public School typed me questions and prompts and I answered them. Just goes to show that there’s always a way!
Silver Birch at Ancaster Public Library today
Thank you for all the GREAT questions, you guys!
Thanks for the photos, Omaira!
School visits and a podcast!
I met great students at Wilkinson PS and William Burgess PS in Toronto. The Wilkinson Podcast Team interviewed me about Making Bombs for Hitler. Want to listen?
Here it is.
Visiting Sir Arthur Carty Catholic School
Ms Popovic from Sir Arthur Carty Catholic School in London just emailed me some photos from my March visit.
In this photo, I’m reading the scene when Nadia meets Hitler.
Students had lots of great questions about Stolen Child and Making Bombs for Hitler.
These Sir Arthur Carty students are holding up a variety of books, including the Japanese edition of Hope’s War. I’m holding the Korean edition of Silver Threads and the Ukrainian edition of Enough.
The question was “Which book is your favourite of all that you’ve written?” That is such a difficult question. I love them all! Enough holds a special place because it was such a risky book. Back in 2001 when it came out, I was subjected to hate mail and death threats for writing about the Holodomor — the Stalin-instigated starvation of millions — for the crime of being Ukrainian.
Reading.org review of One Step At A Time
Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk. (2013). One step at a time: A Vietnamese child finds her way. Toronto, Ontario, CA: Pajama Press.
This companion book to Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan’s Rescue from War (2012) provides the chapters that follow in the life of young Tuyet, a Vietnamese orphan stricken with polio and raised in a Vietnamese orphanage until her adoption by a Canadian family. As Tuyet becomes part of her new family, she also faces the surgeries that are required to repair her inward-turning foot. Unable to speak much English, the young girl is frightened by the hospital and surgical lights, the doctors, the consultations and examinations since she is still dealing with the nightmares of war-torn Vietnam and near-death experiences with guns and helicopters. As the surgeries conclude and the painful physical therapy begins, her new life starts to take shape. The cover of the book and the red shoes pictured take on a very special meaning by the end of this heart-warming book that will leave readers in tears. Teachers can read an interview with the author on the back matter for her book.
– Karen Hildebrand, Ohio Library and Reading Consultant
Reading.org