David Bouchard

Readings

"There is only one pre-requisite to success in school; that children be readers. By law, anyone working with children should have to understand how children and adults come to read, and because modelling is key to children becoming readers, all who work with children should be required to be readers."

David Bouchard understands how one comes to read. With passion, he shares that knowledge. As a teacher, administrator and father, David shares the fire it takes for us to become the readers we should be and the advocates for literacy our children need to succeed. He is North America's foremost champion of literacy. He has spoken to hundreds of thousands in the past decade. His message is realistic, accessible and challenging: "There is nothing that affects achievement as does a child's ability to read...nothing. Yet, achievement is not the only reason we want to get our kids reading..." David also speaks to books... some of his own and others educators and parents should know about. He has twenty five best selling books, including the award-winning, The Elders are Watching and If You're Not From the Prairie.

Book Sales:

Copies of books can be brought to be sold and autographed.

Workshops

"There is only one pre-requisite to success in school; that children be readers. By law, anyone working with children should have to understand how children and adults come to read, and because modelling is key to children becoming readers, all who work with children should be required to be readers."

David Bouchard understands how one comes to read. With passion, he shares that knowledge. As a teacher, administrator and father, David shares the fire it takes for us to become the readers we should be and the advocates for literacy our children need to succeed. He is North America's foremost champion of literacy. He has spoken to hundreds of thousands in the past decade. His message is realistic, accessible and challenging: "There is nothing that affects achievement as does a child's ability to read...nothing. Yet, achievement is not the only reason we want to get our kids reading..." David also speaks to books... some of his own and others educators and parents should know about. He has twenty five best selling books, including the award-winning, The Elders are Watching and If You're Not From the Prairie.

Book Sales:

Copies of books can be brought to be sold and autographed.

Biography

A former teacher and principal, David Bouchard is an award-winning Canadian author of over twenty seven books. His books have won several prestigious awards, among them: the Governor General's Award for The Song Within My Heart in 2004, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award for Voices from the Wild in 1997, the Red Cedar Award for The Great Race in 1999 and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for Illustration for The Dragon New Year in 1999. His books have been shortlisted many times for Canada's most outstanding awards, among them: the Mr. Christie Award for The Great Race in 1997, the Governor General's Award for The Great Race in 1997 and for The Dragon New Year in 1998, the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Book Prize for If You're Not from the Prairie in 1996, the Silver Birch Award for If You're Not from the Prairie in 1996, Voices from the Wild in 1997, If Sarah Will Take Me in 1998 and for A Barnyard Bestiary, the Hackamatack Award and the Rocky Mountain Award, both in 2000.

If You're Not from the Prairie is listed on MacLean's list of the Top Twenty Children's books in the history of Canada. If You're Not From the Prairie, Qu'Appelle and The Song Within My Heart all appear on a Southam News list of 25 Canadian Children's Classics.

David is married to Vicki and their combined family totals five: Adrien, Etienne, Todd, Ashleigh and their very own Victoria.

OTHER PRESENTATIONS:
David Bouchard is available for professional development, keynote addresses, and day sessions for teachers and librarians.