Author Readings: Discovering Our World
Event Details
An energetic story-time and discussion event for kids and families. Join our authors as they tell tales of the evolution of human communication and the
Event Details
An energetic story-time and discussion event for kids and families. Join our authors as they tell tales of the evolution of human communication and the science of hope and optimism! Best suited to middle grade readers.
Speakers for this event
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Andrea Curtis
Andrea Curtis
Andrea Curtis is an award-winning writer whose books have been published around the world. Her latest children’s books include The Story and Science of Hope and Loop de Loop: Circular Solutions for a Waste-Free World (both Groundwood) as well as the ThinkCities series about sustainability and urban systems from Groundwood. Andrea also writes books for adults and is a former editor at some of Canada’s best-known magazines. She lives in Toronto with her family where she hikes, bikes and tends her tiny veggie patch.
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Maria Birmingham
Maria Birmingham
Maria Birmingham has worked in the children’s publishing industry for over 25 years. She is the award-winning author of over a dozen books for young people, including Can We Talk? How Humans Stay in Touch, Are We There Yet? How Humans Find Their Way and Are We Having Fun Yet? The Human Quest for a Good Time. Maria lives in Brampton, Ontario with her family.
Books
Can We Talk? How Humans Stay in Touch
AuthorMaria Birmingham
PublisherOrca Books
The Story and Science of Hope
AuthorAndrea Curtis
PublisherGroundwood Books
Partners
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