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Frieda Wishinsky
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Contact Information
wish [at] inforamp [dot] net
292 Horsham Avenue
Toronto ON
M2R 1G4
p. (416) 222-2694
b. (416) 224-5301
Selected Bibliography
A Whale Tale (Maple Tree Press, 2008)
Hurry, Freedom (Maple Tree Press, 2008)
Everything But the Kitchen Sink: Weird Stuff You Didn't Know About Food, co-authored with Elizabeth MacLeod (Scholastic Canada, 2008)
Pioneer Kids (Maple Tree Press, 2007)
Please, Louise! (Groundwood Books, 2007)
Beware, Pirates! (Maple Tree Press, 2007)
Danger, Dinosaurs! (Maple Tree Press, 2007)
Crazy for Gold (Maple Tree Press, 2007)
Yikes, Vikings! (Maple Tree Press, 2007)
It's Your Rooom (Tundra Books, 2006)
Dimples Delight (Orca Book Publishers, 2006)
Albert Einstein (DK Publishing, 2005)
A Bee in Your Ear (Orca Book Publishers, 2004)
A Noodles Up Your Nose (Orca Book Publishers, 2004)
Jennifer Jones Won't leave Me Alone (Carolrhoda, Scholastic Canada, Random House UK, 2004)
| Location: Toronto, ON | Availability: national | Available: any time |
Reading Location:
libraries, schools
Grades:
Kindergarten to Grade 6
Audience Size:
30 to 100
Fees:
$350 for one session, $600 for two sessions, $850 for three sessions, $1000 for four sessions, plus GST and travel expenses.
Language:
English
Readings
Each talk is geared to the age, interests and size of the audience. I talk about the writing process, discuss where I get ideas, dramatize a book, read with audience participation, and rhyme with the kids and answer questions.
I encourage students to use their own experiences when they write their own stories. I tell them how they can do that with examples from my own work.
Whatever we do together, my sessions are always lively, fun and interactive.
Special Equipment:
overhead, screen, and microphone for large group.
Book Sales:
Copies of books can be brought to be sold and autographed, if requested.
Workshop Location:
libraries, schools
Grades:
Kindergarten to Grade 6
Audience Size:
30 to 100
Fees:
$350 for one session, $600 for two sessions, $850 for three sessions, $1000 for four sessions, plus GST and travel expenses.
Language:
English
Workshops
Each talk is geared to the age, interests and size of the audience. I talk about the writing process, discuss where I get ideas, dramatize a book, read with audience participation, and rhyme with the kids and answer questions.
I encourage students to use their own experiences when they write their own stories. I tell them how they can do that with examples from my own work.
Whatever we do together, my sessions are always lively, fun and interactive.
Special Equipment:
overhead, screen, and microphone for large group.
Book Sales:
Copies of books can be brought to be sold and autographed, if requested.
Biography
Frieda Wishinsky is the international award-winning author of over forty trade and educational books. Her books have earned critical acclaim in magazines and newspapers around the world. Each One Special was nominated for a 1999 Governor General’s Award for text and Jennifer Jones Won't Leave Me Alone won three children’s choice awards in the UK in 2004.
Her most recent chapter books are: Beware, Pirates!, Danger Dinosaurs!, Crazy for Gold and Yikes! Vikings! (All Maple Tree Press, 2007). He newest picture books is: Please, Louise!, illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay (Groundwood, 2007). It just earned a starred review in “Quill and Quire”.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS:
I am an experienced teacher/speaker/presenter for kids and adults. I speak to adults about writing for kids. I speak to teachers about how to get kids writing and excited about literature. My talks are fun, personal, and informative.
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