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Christine
Welldon
2011 Golden Oak nominee
Authors' Booking
Service is pleased
to announce that children's author Christine
Welldon is now scheduling visits to Ontario schools in
June 2011 to coincide with her visit to Toronto for the Golden Oak
festivities.
Her
rate is $175
for one session, $300 two, $450 for three and $550 for four, plus
transportation from Toronto. No travel charges within the GTA. For
travel outside
the GTA, car rental or public transportation costs. Due to her
unfamiliarity with the area, a driver/escort might be required.
Christine
is a
member of The Writers' Union of Canada; schools wishing to invite her
may be eligible for a travel and fee subsidy to offset the cost of
her visit. Contact us for details of this program.
Christine Welldon, an
educator and
reading specialist, advocates for children’s learning through
books. As a teacher librarian, she has taught in the public school
system in Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, and has written curriculum for
the Fort McMurray School District. She makes connections to the
educational curriculum in her writing and levels her writing to
specific expectations in language arts and social studies. Especially
concerned with the gender gap in reading, she organized a very
successful initiative, “Cool Guys Reading Club” among some
schools in the Toronto area, eventually adopted by a local public
library, that dramatically increased reading among boys at the Grades
3 to 6 level. She knows that she enjoys the best of both worlds,
living for half the year in Toronto and the other half in Lunenburg,
Nova Scotia.
Publications
The
Tenant. Fiddlehead, 1989
Letters
from
Rosa. Gage, 1989
Canadians
All. Methuen, 1989
The
Children
of Africville. Nimbus, 2009
Canadian
National Railway: Pon Git Chen. Grolier, 1989
Addressing
the Gender Gap in Boys Reading. Teacher Librarian, 2005
Upcoming
Books;
The
Unsinkable
Molly Kool, Nimbus April 2011
Nominations
The
Children
of Africville
Shortlisted:
Hackmatack Award, Golden Oak Award
Longlisted:
Vancouver Round Table Literary Awards
Presentation
Details
AUDIENCE SIZE: 60
GRADES: 2 - 6
LENGTH: 45
minutes
Presentation
description:
I
offer a power
point presentation and talk about Africville, relevant to the Grade 3
social studies curriculum concerning black history, citizenship,
heritage, continuity and change. My book, The Children of
Africville; will serve to enhance the presentation. I require a
digital projector, screen, and cd player for my presentation.
Coach
and
facilitator for boys book clubs to help teachers close the gender gap
in boys reading abilities and interest in books.
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