I am extremely grateful for my local bookstore, The Sherwood Park Bookworm for working with me to host a children's colouring contest. As my little monster, Rumble's story takes place at Halloween it is the perfect time of the year to get kids involved and read the...
There are multitude ways to promote your novels, from in person events to online social media sites, interviews, author readings and more. Other ideas are holding a prize draw at an event, or an online contest for a free copy of your book, or maybe as a guest at a...
As readers we all love books and the stories they contain. Whether we have a favourite genre, or read multiple, the joy of immersing into other worlds, characters and narratives is the same. Many of you know I read multiple genres, because I write many, as well as...
What drew you to children’s literature in particular? The decision to pen a children’s book came by accident. The book wrote itself.One afternoon I picked up a spiral notebook and started writing a story about a little fairy to entertain myself. The more I wrote...
National Young Readers Day is celebrated during National Young Readers Week on the second Tuesday in November every year. The event's roots come from the "BOOK IT!" program, created by Pizza Hut in 1984 after an initiative created by Ronald Reagan to remind Americans...
What sparked your interest in writing? I have had an interest in writing since before I can remember. When I was younger I would play with toys like legos or bionicles, during that I would make up backstories and battle scenes for all of my many characters. This then...
Lester Lion Calls 911 Donna M. Cramer’s adventures of Lester Lion continues teaching responsibility and the importance of calling 911 in real emergencies to children of all ages!! Released and published by Kirk House Publishers Lester Lion Calls 911 is a delightful...
This week we celebrate Black Children's Book Week and Tell a Fairy Tale Day, so I thought I would share a fairy inspired story with you all. Fairy Encounter Petal Soft trotted quietly across the gravel path anxiously looking back and forth for any tall ones. A sudden...
This year we celebrate and honour the contributions of authors and illustrators, who write books and/or produce art for children and young adults. From 4th - 10th February, libraries and schools will participate in discovering and learning about these special writers...