This page contains primarily links to Canadian authors because I found them quite hard to come by so I felt there was a need for this information. To a lesser extent I also have links to other authors who I particularly like or whose sites I feel are particularly useful. I tried to stick to official websites for the most part, and unless indicated otherwise all the sites should contain contact information.

*I have removed three authors (Pat Hancock, Jean Little, and Paul Yee) from the page since their sites are no longer up and running, if you run across official webpages for them let me know.

Canadian Authors

William Bell's Web Site contains information on the author (short biography and FAQs), a student' page (booklist with FAQs for each book), teacher's page (information on purchasing resources), research links (articles and reviews of his books), a couple of articles, and author visit information.

John Bianchi's web site contains author visit information (including preparation, sample schedule, and references), booklist, biography, illustrations, reviews, and links to more information on the publisher's site.

David Bouchard's site is actually somewhat annoying in that it's designed to resemble a book so you have to flip through the books with its animated pages so it makes navigation a bit of a hassle at times but the information contained in the site is useful. The site contains his biography, a books page (excerpts, ordering information, reviews, awards, etc.), and a list of his speaking engagements as well as information on author visits. A part of the site that I found interesting were the keys hidden throughout the Books pages which when selected take you to various pages containing this views and ideas on promoting literacy (finding the keys is annoying but some of his ideas might prove worthwhile).

Margaret Buffie's website contains a biography with a list of awards and distinctions, booklist with review excerpts, news, some links, and FAQs.

Kristin Butcher's page contains a booklist (with excerpts, reviews, and reader comments), author visit information (including a page on how to prepare for a visit), FAQs, photographs, comments, events, and links pages.

Phoebe Gilman's Place contains a booklist with information on the books and how they were written as well as list of things hidden throughout the illustrations in the book, Activity Book for kids with printable activities, and a Teacher's page with an activity guide for her books. The Event page is outdated with a couple of events from 2000 and I'm not sure when the entire site was last updated.

Troon Harrison's page contains a letter from Troon, upcoming releases, information on her novels (summary, photos, reviews, and one has an excerpt) and picture books (summary and reviews), appearance information, and a links page.

Linda Holeman's site contains information on her books for young adults such as why she chose to write a particular story, FAQs, a biographical sketch, and a page on what's new with her.

Monica Hughes' Virtual Author Visit contains a biography, checklist of her books and trivia test, full-colour printable bookmarks and posters, advice for writers, cover art, a teacher's page with links to study guides, and information on translations. Unlike the other sites, this one appears to not have been updated lately so the news page is stuck on June 2000 and the links may not work.

Hazel Hutchins Home Page contains quizzes, information on her and how she writes, booklist, study guide purchasing information, author visit/presentation information, and a contest (ages 6-12).

Joan Irvine: The Pop-up Lady contains her biography, information on her books, links to pop-up sites, an excerpt showing how to make a talking mouth pop-up card, workshop information, "Make Me Laugh" Contest (winner every 2 months), and FAQs.

The Read In: A Downloadable Pop-Up by Joan Irvine contains 2 printable pages on making a pop-up card promoting reading which can also be modified for other occasions.

Allen Morgan On-Line contains online stories from his various books. The stories are changed every couple of weeks but students might find reading his stuff online interesting.

The Official Robert Munsch Website contains information on his books, a biography, photographs, events, news, children's art, audio page with over a 20 stories, and information on author visits. The information on the books is great because he tells you what inspired him to write the stories (*Love You Forever was the only page I read and I felt like crying after the first paragraph). Great site to learn about the author and his books.

Sheldon Oberman: Writing and Storytelling contains a booklist with information on what inspired the books, a teaching guide, reviews, awards, excerpts, and in some cases audio excerpts of the author reading. The site also has information on the author with FAQs, interviews. and personal stories and essays. The teachers page contains activity information for specific books as well as other creative activities for students. I'm sure there is more on this site which I've missed so take a look for yourself.

Kenneth Oppel's site contains information on his books (including excerpts, and reviews), the author (biography, awards, appearance information, FAQs), and news. The Silverwing, Sunwing, Firewing books have the most emphasis on this site and there are study guides as well as links to learn about bats, and a gallery of artwork inspired by Silverwing. *Silverwing cartoon series with 13 episodes will be on Teletoon in Fall 2003 and they'll have a website set-up for that on the production company's website.

Caroline Parry's site contains a little information on her books, a few articles, performance and workshop information, and information on her Quaker background.

Arthur Slade: Writing for Young Adults contains a biography, information on his books, a few stories and articles, comics, study guides for The Northern Frights series, and author visit information.

Andrea Spalding's site is a great site that contains a biography, synopsis for her books with related Internet links, full-colour printable bookmarks, information on how/where to purchase her books and teacher guides, author visit information, and free Marc records.

Kathy Stinson: Canadian Author of Books for Young Peopel contains news, upcoming titles, booklist (with excerpts, reviews, and ordering information), activities, biographys, FAQs, author visit information, and scheduled appearances.

Nikki Tate's Homepage contains author information, booklist, writing resources, a teacher's page with classroom materials, essays and articles, photographs, and links.

Maxine Trottier's site contains a biography, booklist with summaries and review excerpts, advice for writers, and author visit information.

W. D. Valgardson's website contain a list of his children's books with associated classroom activities, novel booklist, and biography with related biography activities.

Eric Wilson's site contains the first chapter from his new book The Emily Carr Mystery, author information, book list with excerpts (and ordering links), 16 free printable study guides, Are You a Super Sleuth? test on his books, links to information on Wilson, and Teacher Resources which contains information on book themes, suggested grade levels, study guide and video ordering information, bibliography, and author visit information.

H. Werner Zimmerman's site contains a page on his book Snow Day with information on what inspired the book, and how he wrote, illustrated, and published the book. The site also has a booklist, some questions and answers, autobiography, images from Whatever You Do, Don't Go Near that Canoe!, bunny and dragon illustrations, and a couple of pages still under construction.

 

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