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Frieda Wishinsky
Frieda Wishinsky (born July 14, 1948) is a German-born Canadian educator and author of children's books. The daughter of Polish-Jewish parents, she was born in Munich and grew up in Manhattan. She received a BA in International Relations from City College of New York and a MSc Special Education from Ferkauf Graduate School. She has taught special education for children and adults in the United States, Israel and Canada. She now lives in Toronto. Wishinsky's first book was ''Oonga Boonga'' (1990). Her work has been translated into French, German, Hungarian, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, Korean, Spanish and Catalan. Selected work * ''Each One Special'' (1998) illustrated by Werner Zimmermann, shortlisted for a Governor General's Award * ''Please, Louise!'' (2007) illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay, received the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award * ''Maggie Can't Wait'' (2009) illustrated by Dean Griffiths, received the Christie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by population, third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 11th-largest city in the European Union. The Munich Metropolitan Region, city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar (a tributary of the Danube) north of the Northern Limestone Alps, Bavarian Alps, Munich is the seat of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk, administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the population density, most densely populated municipality in Germany (4,500 people per km2). Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialects, Bavarian dialect area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kady MacDonald Denton
Kady MacDonald Denton (born 22 July 1941) is a Canadian creator of children's books, primarily an illustrator of picture books. She observed in 2011 that "I'm in that quickly-shrinking group of illustrators who doesn’t use a computer at any stage in the illustration process." Life Denton was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Toronto, Ontario. She studied at the University of Toronto, the Banff School of Fine Arts, and the Chelsea School of Art. She and her husband live in Peterborough, Ontario. Career Early in the 1990s Denton illustrated three Kingfisher collections of retellings by Ann Pilling, which have been reissued. For another Kingfisher collection several years later, ''A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes'', she won the 1998 Governor General's Award for English language children's illustration, and also the 1999 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award and Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Awards. (1986–2008). IBBY Canada (ibby-canada. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writers From Manhattan
A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as other reports and news articles that may be of interest to the general public. Writers' texts are published across a wide range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well, often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society. The term "writer" is also used elsewhere in the arts and music, such as songwriter or a screenwriter, but also a stand-alone "writer" typically refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media such as graphics or illustration to enhance the communication of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Women Children's Writers
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1948 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ''Union of Burma'', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President, and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the ''Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Reports, Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published in the United States. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India. * ... [...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] |
Willow Dawson
Willow Dawson is a Canadian cartoonist and illustrator, whose works include ''The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea'' with author Helaine Becker (Kids Can Press), ''Hyena in Petticoats: The Story of Suffragette Nellie McClung'' (Penguin Books Canada), ''Lila and Ecco's Do-It-Yourself Comics Club'' (Kids Can Press), ''100 Mile House'' (excerpts on Top Shelf Comics 2.0), the graphic novel ''No Girls Allowed'', with author Susan Hughes (Kids Can Press), and ''Violet Miranda: Girl Pirate'', with author Emily Pohl-Weary (Kiss Machine). Her works have been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council.Willow Dawson, http://www.willowdawson.com/willowdawsonbio.htmBroken Pencil has called her black and white art style wonderful, bold, and full of thought. Dawson also creates painted stand-alone illustrations which she turns into prints and sells on heSociety6site. The original art is created using acrylic ink and paint on recycled car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bank Street College Of Education
Bank Street College of Education is a private school and graduate school in New York City. It consists of a graduate-only teacher training college and an independent nursery-through-8th-grade school. In 2020 the graduate school had about 65 full-time teaching staff and approximately 850 students, of which 87% were female. History The origins of the school lie in the Bureau of Educational Experiments, which was established in 1916 by Lucy Sprague Mitchell, her husband Wesley Clair Mitchell, and Harriet Merrill Johnson; Lucy Mitchell's cousin Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge provided financial support. The bureau was intended to foster research into, and development of, experimental and progressive education, and was influenced by the thinking of Edward Thorndike and John Dewey, both of whom Mitchell had studied with at Columbia University. The bureau was run by a council of twelve members, but Mitchell was its most influential figure until the 1950s. The name of the institution derive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norma Fleck Award
The Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction is a lucrative literary award founded in May 1999 by the Fleck Family Foundation and the Canadian Children's Book Centre, and presented to the year's best non-fiction book for a youth audience. Each year's winner receives CDN$10,000. The award is one of several presented by the Canadian Children's Book Centre each year; others include the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award."Sask., Man. writers win for children's books" cbc.ca, November 11, 2010. Awards and winners 1999 *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth MacLeod
Elizabeth MacLeod is a Canadian author. Her biographies are written for elementary students. Bibliography Biographies *Alexander Graham Bell: ''An Inventive Life'', Kids Can Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1999. **Review, ''School Library Journal'', 1999 **Review, ''Booklist'', 1999 * Lucy Maud Montgomery: ''A Writer's Life'', Kids Can Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2001. * The Wright Brothers: ''A Flying Start'', Kids Can Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2002. **Review, ''School Library Journal'', 2002 **Review, ''Booklist'', 2002 *Albert Einstein: ''A Life of Genius'', Kids Can Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2003. * Helen Keller: ''A Determined Life'', Kids Can Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2004. **Review, ''School Library Journal'', 2004 **Review, ''Booklist'', 2004 *Marie Curie: ''A Brilliant Life'', Kids Can Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2004. **Review, ''Booklist'', 2004 *Harry Houdini: ''A Magical Life'', Kids Can Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2005. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award
The Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award was presented annually by the Canadian Library Association/Association canadienne des bibliothèques (CLA) to an outstanding illustrator of a new Canadian children's book. The book must be "suitable for children up to and including age 12" and its writing "must be worthy of the book's illustrations". The illustrator must be a citizen or permanent resident. The prize is a plaque and $1000 presented at the CLA annual conference. The medal commemorates and the award is dedicated to schoolteacher and artist Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon who taught academics as well as art to Ontario schoolchildren in the 1860s and early 1870s. Her best-known work ''An Illustrated Comic Alphabet'' was published in 1966 by Henry Z. Walck in New York City and Oxford University Press in Toronto. Winners The award has been presented to one illustrator for one book every year from 1971. The writer is listed here ("by" or "retold by") if distinct from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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