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Wallace
Edwards
Authors’ Booking Service is pleased to announce that children’s author
and illustrator Wallace Edwards
is now scheduling visits to Ontario schools for the coming school year.
His rate is $275
per session plus GST, plus travel. In some
instances, accommodation costs may also apply.
Wallace Edwards’ books have received numerous national and
international awards. His first book Alphabeasts (2002) received the
Governor General’s Award for children’s book illustration; and he is a
Governor General’s Award nominee in 2007 for his most recent book The
Painted Circus. His bibliography and a complete listing of his awards
is provided below, along with details concerning the types of
presentations he offers.
Here’s what a Teacher/Librarian had to say about this author after a
recent school visit:
"I wanted to let you know that you have been the talk of the class, the
school yard, and the dinner tables of [our] students over the past few
days! The [students] really enjoyed meeting you and seeing the creative
process in action!”
Wallace Edwards is a member of The Writers' Union of Canada, and so
schools wishing to invite him may be eligible for a travel and fee
subsidy to off-set the cost of his visit. Contact us for details of
this program.
Time slots are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis, so please
respond early if you are interested in booking.
Published
Works:
Edwards,
W.S. (2007). The Painted Circus. Toronto: Kids Can Press.
Edwards,
W.S. (2006). The Extinct Files: My Science Project. Toronto: Kids Can
Press.
Edwards,
W.S. Cox, K. (2005). Mixed Beasts. Toronto: Kids Can Press.
(Illustrations
by Wallace Edwards, verses by Kenyon Cox.)
Edwards,
W.S. (2004). Monkey Business. Toronto: Kids Can Press.
Edwards,
W.S. (2002). Alphabeasts. Toronto: Kids Can Press.
Awards and
Honours for Alphabeasts:
• Winner,
Governor General’s Literary Award for children’s book illustration,
2002;
• Gold
Medal, ForeWord Magazine’s 2002 Book-of-the-Year-Award (United States),
picture book category;
• Winner,
2003 Children’s Choices Award (Beginning and Young Readers) from the
International Reading Association;
• Finalist,
2003 Independent Publisher Book Awards (Children’s Picture Book
Category);
• Finalist,
Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award (Picture Book Category);
•
Short-listed for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award;
• Selected
by the International Youth Library in Munich for inclusion in its White
Ravens 2003 Catalogue Collection (which contains only 250 titles in 36
languages from 47 countries);
• Profiled
in 1,550 U.S. newspapers as part of the Associated Press “Back to
School Round-up.”
Awards
and Honours for Monkey Business:
• Winner,
Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award;
• Winner,
Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award for best children’s
picture book in Canada;
• Winner,
Great Book Award 2005 from the Canadian Toy Testing Council;
• Siver
Medal, ForeWord Magazine’s 2004 Book-of-the-Year-Award (United States),
picture book category;
• Winner,
2005 Children’s Choices Award (Beginning and Young Readers) from the
International Reading Association. (The award selection process
involves a jury of 10,000 children from four different U.S. regions.)
Awards
and Honours for Mixed Beasts:
•
Short-listed (one of top five books) for the Governor General’s
Literary Award for children’s book illustration;
• Winner,
2005 MVP (‘most valuable pick’) award from Canada’s largest book
wholesaler, “North 49 Books;”
•
Semi-Finaist, 2006 “IPPY” Award;
• Honour
Book, Canadian Library Association, children’s picture book category;
•
Short-listed for the Libris Illustrator of the Year Award;
• Selected
as a “Heather’s Pick” book (Indigo and Chapters bookstores).
Awards
and Honours for The Extinct Files:
• Gold
Medal, ‘IPPY’ (Independent Publisher Book Award) for best Children’s
Picture Book, age 7 & over, 2007;
• Listed in
Our Choice 2007, the Canadian Children's Book Centre’s guide to the
best new Canadian books, with titles for the guide chosen by seven
committees of children’s literature professionals from coast to coast;
• Nominee,
Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award 2006.
Awards
and Honours for The Painted Circus:
•
Short-listed for the Governor General’s Literary Award for children’s
book illustration
Wallace’s
Presentation Details
Generally
speaking I do a slide show of the book Alphabeasts, show some original
work, and talk about the process of making a book. I may also show
slides of works from my other books; for example, Monkey Business,
Mixed Beasts, The Extinct Files and/or The Painted Circus.
Slide shows
are often followed by a question-and-answer period about book-making or
other topics related to the content of the particular book. For
example, if showing Monkey Business slides, we may discuss idioms; for
The Extinct Files we may discuss the children’s own science projects.
My most recent book, The Painted Circus, concerns optical illusions.
For this book I plan to demonstrate some optical illusions and discuss
how they work.
These
activities are usually augmented by a drawing demonstration during
which I encourage the participation of the children in suggesting
drawing content (e.g. combination animals as is found in my book Mixed
Beasts). On occasion I have give-aways available.
I will
present to grades JK to Grade 6 as my books are best-suited to these
age groups.
Ideally the
maximum number of students per session would be approximately
20, but I can accommodate 40–50 students per session if necessary.
I will do
presentations to larger groups if the equipment (i.e. microphone, slide
projector & screen) is available.
I sometimes
offer workshops for grades 3 to 5.
The maximum
number of participants per workshop is 20 students.
I am
comfortable in the following venues: classrooms, libraries,
auditoriums, gymnasiums, community centres… but this is flexible.
Equipment
requirements for presentations include: Slide projector and screen,
easel, flip chart, magic markers, microphone for larger groups/larger
settings (e.g. auditoriums, gymnasiums)
Equipment
requirements for workshops include: Slide projector and screen, easel,
flip chart, magic markers; and for the students, paper and drawing
materials.
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