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Brenda Clark
Brenda Clark (born February 10, 1955) is a Canadian illustrator, perhaps best known for her work on the Franklin the Turtle series of children's books. She was born in Toronto and studied illustration at Sheridan College. She now lives in Port Hope. Several books in the Franklin series have received awards from the Canadian Children's Book Centre. An animated television series ''Franklin'' based on the Franklin the Turtle books appeared on Canadian and American television. Canada Post issued a stamp featuring Franklin the Turtle in 2012. A second television series ''Franklin and Friends'' appeared in more than fifteen countries. Clark was named to the Order of Canada in 2014. Selected work * ''Sadie and the Snowman'' (1985) text by Allen Morgan * ''Franklin in the Dark'' (1986) text by Paulette Bourgeois * ''Little Fingerling'' (1989) text by Monica Hughes, received a book award from the Toronto chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire The Imperial Order Daughte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin The Turtle (books)
Franklin the Turtle is a Canadian children's book franchise. All of the books in the original series were authored by Paulette Bourgeois and illustrated by Brenda Clark since 1986. The book series has been adapted twice into television series: the 1997 animated series ''Franklin'' and its 2011 CGI-animated spin-off series, ''Franklin and Friends''. The first books in the "Franklin and Friends" series were adapted by Harry Endrulat, while later books were adapted by Caitlin Drake Smith. Actors like Noah Reid Noah Nicholas Reid (born May 29, 1987) is a Canadian voice, stage, and screen actor; and musician. He has performed in several films and television series, including ''Franklin'' and the CBC comedy ''Schitt's Creek''. In 2016, he received a Cana ..., Richard Newman, and Elizabeth Saunders played roles in the television show. Books *''Franklin in the Dark'', illustrated by Brenda Clark, Kids Can Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 08/11/1986. *''Hurry Up, Franklin'', illustrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Hughes
Monica Hughes (November 3, 1925 – March 7, 2003) was an English-Canadian author of books for children and young adults, especially science fiction. She also wrote adventure and historical novels set in Canada, and the text for some children's picture books. She may be known best for the Isis trilogy of young-adult science fiction novels (1980–1982). Life Monica Hughes lived in many different countries, including Egypt, Scotland, England and Zimbabwe. She was the daughter of Phylis Fry and E.L Ince. Both her parents worked at the University of Liverpool, where her father was a mathematician and her mother a biologist. In her school years, her teachers always encouraged her to write and join essay writing competitions. Hughes attended Edinburgh University from 1942 to 1943. While in school, Hughes' academic studies were interrupted as a result of World War II. She joined the Military service, the Women's Royal Naval Service, from the years 1943–1946, cracking German cod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheridan College Alumni
Sheridan may refer to: People Surname *Sheridan (surname) *Philip Sheridan (1831–1888), U.S. Army general after whom the Sheridan tank is named *Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), Irish playwright (''The Rivals''), poet and politician *Taylor Sheridan, an American screenwriter and director Given name * Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873), Irish writer *Sheridan Morley (1941–2007), British broadcaster and writer *Sheridan Smith (born 1981), British actress *Sheridan Tongue (fl. from 1995), British composer *Eric Prydz, also known as Sheridan, Swedish musician Fictional characters * John Sheridan, Anna Sheridan and David Sheridan, characters in ''Babylon 5'' * Sheridan Bucket, an unseen character in ''Keeping Up Appearances'' * Sheridan Crane, in ''Passions'' * Donna and Sophie Sheridan, in '' Mamma Mia!'' * Sheridan Whiteside, in ''The Man Who Came to Dinner'' * Terry Sheridan, a supporting character in '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life'' * Jack Sherid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Children's Book Illustrators
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artists From Toronto
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, the term is also often used in the entertainment business, especially in a business context, for musicians and other performers (although less often for actors). "Artiste" (French for artist) is a variant used in English in this context, but this use has become rare. Use of the term "artist" to describe writers is valid, but less common, and mostly restricted to contexts like used in criticism. Dictionary definitions The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defines the older broad meanings of the term "artist": * A learned person or Master of Arts. * One who pursues a practical science, traditionally medicine, astrology, alchemy, chemistry. * A follower of a pursuit in which skill comes by study or practice. * A follower of a manual art, such as a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1955 Births
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Ted Staunton
Ted Staunton (born March 29, 1956) is a Canadian author and teacher, best known for his children's books and numerous series. He has published nearly sixty titles. ''Puddleman'', his first major work, starting life as an assignment in university, but was later illustrated by internationally recognized artist Brenda Clark. Some of Staunton's titles include the ''Maggie and Cyril series'', ''What Blows Up'', and award-winning ''Who I'm Not''. He also teaches a course, "Writing Children's Fiction", through George Brown College, Toronto. Staunton lives with his family in Port Hope, Ontario. Many of his stories take place in Port Hope. Written works Series Working across multiple publishers, Staunton has written and developed, and contributed to, several series. He wrote ''Jump Cut'', ''Coda'', and ''Speed'', contributing to the over-arching SEVEN series, published by Orca Books. For Scholastic Canada, Staunton contributed ''What Blows Up'', part of The Almost Epic Squad. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Order Daughters Of The Empire
The Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE) is a women's charitable organization based in Canada. It provides scholarships, bursaries, book prizes, and awards, and pursues other philanthropic and educational projects in various communities across Canada. The IODE's motto was "One Flag, One Throne, One Empire" and the IODE's magazine is called ''Echoes''. History In 1899 Margaret Polson Murray was in England and was swept up in the wave of patriotic support for the British Empire that followed the outbreak of the Second Boer War. On her return to Canada she immediately started to organise a woman's support group which would "place themselves in the front rank of colonial patriotism" and give practical charitable aid to soldiers, and if they were killed, support for their dependents, and care for their graves. On 13 January 1900, she sent telegrams to the mayors of major Canadian cities asking for their support for her fledgling organization which she called "Daughters of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulette Bourgeois
Paulette Bourgeois, (born July 20, 1951) is a Canadian writer best known for creating Franklin the Turtle, the character who appears in picture books illustrated by Toronto native Brenda Clark. The books have sold more than 60 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 38 languages. An animated television series, merchandise, DVDs and full-length films are based on the character. Education and early career Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Bourgeois graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational therapy from the University of Western Ontario in 1974. She was a psychiatric occupational therapist for three years before deciding to focus on her writing. She studied journalism at Carleton University then worked as a reporter for the ''Ottawa Citizen'' and CBC Television. She became a freelance journalist in Washington, D.C. contributing pieces to ''Chatelaine'', ''Canadian Living'', ''Reader's Digest'' and ''Maclean's''. She returned to Toronto in 1983. Bourgeois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Canada
The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the centennial of Canadian Confederation, the three-tiered order was established in 1967 as a fellowship that recognizes the outstanding merit or distinguished service of Canadians who make a major difference to Canada through lifelong contributions in every field of endeavour, as well as the efforts by non-Canadians who have made the world better by their actions. Membership is accorded to those who exemplify the order's Latin motto, , meaning "they desire a better country", a phrase taken from Hebrews 11:16. The three tiers of the order are Companion, Officer, and Member; specific individuals may be given extraordinary membership and deserving non-Canadians may receive honorary appointment into each grade. , the reigning Canadian monarch, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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