About MeAidan Cassie studied animation and earned a media arts degree at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design as well as Edinburgh College of Art. Sterling, Best Dog Ever is her first picture book and her second book, Little Juniper Makes It Big, is due out in 2019. She lives with her small family and big dog on Salt Spring Island in the Salish Sea.
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About MeI earn a living by creating imaginative content for books, editorial & advertising and digital media by illustrating, writing and designing.
I have been hired to do so by Owl Press, Highlights Magazine, Tradewind Books, British Columbia's Knowledge Network, Silk Web Publishing, Simply Read Books, Saatchi&Saatchi, Arena Verlag and more.
I can also be booked for visits to schools and libraries.
Originally from a small town outside of Frankfurt in Germany, I now live in Vancouver, Canada.
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About MeClaire Lordon is an illustrator in Vancouver, Canada. She writes and illustrates children's books and loves to give presentations.
She loves visiting schools and talking with students about being an author and illustrator.
Claire's presentations are upbeat and fun and can be catered to your group's needs and ages.
Here is a typical talk:
•Presentations include a reading, a discussion about being an author-illustrator, process sketches, and a fun interactive drawing game.
•Book signing
•Autographed bookmarks for all attendees
In addition to schools, she also gives presentations to libraries, conferences, and more.
Published books:
"Summer at the Seashore (Taking a Walk)" Words by Sue Tarsky. Albert Whitman. 2019.
"Spring in the Woods (Taking a Walk)" Words by Sue Tarsky. Albert Whitman. 2019.
"Over at the Construction Site" Words by Bill Wise. Sterling. 2018
"Lorenzo, the Pizza-Loving Lobster" Little Bee Books. 2016.
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About MeI am an author and illustrator of picturebooks and juvenile fiction and have an MA in children's literature. I also teach illustration in the certificate program at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and make animated picturebook trailers. You can see one I created for North South Books below.
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About MeI facilitate art & writing workshops internationally around my books. A creative art and learning experience integrating storytelling, and sharing my paintings and books - incorporating many kinds of literary and art techniques. The art making is child or if adults ( teachers) inner child focused and process orientated. It culminates in a celebration and showcase of the work done.
"Dodoland" emphasized Imagination, "Magical Earth Secrets"- environment, "Miracle Galaxy"- healing & angels, Dreams Keys and Dream Wheels" - dreams including a 40 year history of my dreams which have been manifested. Plays of my books have performed at the Museum of Natural History, B.A.M., Smithsonian, 3rd St. Music School, hospitals ( Sloan Kettering, Metropolitan Hospital and Children's Hospital) and schools. They were performing for 7 years in N.Y.C. I also personally storytell my books and design workshops from there on both writing and art tailored to individual groups. My paintings/stories have been in as well as Canada and U.S.A. in Guatemala, Mexico, England, Holland, Austria, Korea, Japan & Bali. In 1979 6,000 copies of Dodoland were gifted to needy children. In 1995 an ezine was created called Dodoland on the internet and has had one million people visit it .
In surviving a health crisis I created Miracle Galaxy'- a story of healing with eight angels who help those in crisis. All the Angels represent the chakras of the body and the goal is to create health ,happiness and healing. In Dodoland we have the Miracle Castle for the Angels.
I have led workshops in 300 different schools from for 15 years , these were as an Inner City Angel in Toronto & grants with the Ontario Arts Council .I later led Art Residency program for Vancouver Schools and presently am part of the Arts Starts program. I storytell and lead workshops to encourage both children and adults to be imaginative, love the environment, create from travels and dreams, and create their own healing stories. One is called "Make an Angel". I am open to presenting more internationally .
I have been a member of the Writers Union of Canada for 30 years. I have shown my art in many group and one woman show. The latest two one- woman shows were with Karja Art Space in Bali with my Dream paintings. I am presently the Western Canadian Representative for Art of Imagination. With this group I have shown in Ottawa, Montreal at the Eco-Museum and in Peru. In 2017 I organized a show of 30 Society for Art of Imagination artists work in Bali as well as leading workshops and in the Spring will be part of their One Art Space show in New York City in April/May 2017.
Specialties: Healing thru story-art-creativity - imagination- Love of Environment- Dreams - Angels
Della's work demonstrates there are many creative ways to empower children. Children of the world need hope not despair.
This book and your action provides it.”
(Foreword for Magical Earth Secrets)
Dr. David Suzuki
“Lyrical and typical of the traditional storyteller”
(article written for ‘Magical Earth Secrets’)
Toronto Star
“They are delighted with your story, which I am sure they will want to hear often.”
(testimonial written for ‘Journey to Dodoland’)
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
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About MeI'm the creator of Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy, a series of graphic novels for ages 7+. And I also draw Savage Chickens, a daily comic drawn on post-it notes.
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About MeIf there is anything better than a life immersed in literature, I’m not sure what it is. My early love of reading and drawing led me to pursue a career as a teacher-librarian, artist, and an author of books for readers of all ages. In Edmonton I developed a magazine (“Magpie”) of children’s writing and illustrations and was writer-in-residence at a number of the city’s schools. Winning a Governor-General’s Award for my young adult novel Stitches opened many doors. I have lived in Vancouver since 2004 where I’ve continued to visit schools, conduct workshops, and create books for children and young adults. Recently I have been writing the text and lyrics for a series of picture books (packaged with a CD featuring a massed chorus of 200 Montreal schoolchildren) retelling familiar Greek myths.
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About MeI am one the co-creators (along with my twin brother, Jack) of the popular board book series Cozy Classics (Chronicle Books) and Star War Epic Yarns (Chronicle Books). Both series abridge beloved stories into just 12 words and 12 needle felted illustrations. Our books have been featured by many media outlets, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, People, Parents, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, Huffington Post, Apartment Therapy, NPR, Fox News, and CBC.
My new picture books, Great Job, Mom! and Great Job, Dad! (Tundra Books – Penguin Random House) are out in March 2019 and represent my debut as a solo kidlit author / illustrator.
I grew up in Vancouver and still live here with my wife and our two children. When I'm not making books, I practice law part-time, coach soccer, and play ice hockey and guitar.
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About MeI have always loved a good story. As a child, I would secretly read by moonlight well past my bedtime.
I am the the author/illustrator of the picture book MAE AND THE MOON, SEB AND THE SUN, and the upcoming IMAGINATION VACATION.
I also have a background working as a Digital Artist on feature films. Titles include such films as Avatar, Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Antman and the Wasp.
After living in Madison, Los Angeles, and London, I have made beautiful Vancouver my home with my husband and two children.
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