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2016 Wordfest Authors – the List 2016 Wordfest authors – The List Meeting an actual person who wrote an Rencontrer LA personne qui a écrit un livre -en actual book -especially one that students particulier celui que les élèves ont lu et apprécié- have read and enjoyed- is a rare, captivating est une expérience relativement rare, captivante and transformative experience. Wordfest et précieuse. Wordfest et le Festival des mots Youth supplies authors from across Canada rassemblent des auteurs et illustrateurs du and around the world to present fun, inspiring Canada du monde entier pour favoriser ces in- and out-of-school events that promote a rencontres entre élèves et auteurs lors love of reading and a deeper appreciation of d’événements en théâtre et en école qui the written word. favorisent un amour de la lecture et une appréciation plus profonde de la littérature. Looking for a book of interest for your Vous cherchez un livre intéressant pour vos students? Look no further! The reading list élèves ? Ne cherchez plus! La liste de livres ci- below, organized by grade level, regroup all dessous, organisée par niveau scolaire, the artists available to visit your school1, from regroupe tous les artistes souhaitant visiter votre Kindergarten to Grade 12. école, de la maternelle à la 12e année. Contact Wordfest to discuss your needs and Contactez Wordfest pour discuter de vos the artist you’d like to meet; depending on besoins et de l'artiste que vous souhaitez their availability, we will definitely work with rencontrer; en fonction de leur disponibilité1, you to create an event that will inspire your nous travaillons avec vous pour créer un students. événement qui inspirera vos élèves. Wordfest - Youth 117-200 Barclay parade SW [email protected] Calgary, AB T2P 4R5 403-237-9068. ext. 223 @wordfestyouth 1 Subject to artist availability during the festival period. wordfest.com • [email protected] • last updated: 2016-08-29 Page 1 of 11 Back to top DIVISION III - JUNIOR HIGH - GRADES 7-9 The Killer Whale Who Changed the World by Mark Leiren-Young - ALL AGES OCDaniel by Wesley King Grade 3-7 As-tu peur? – Sorcières de Mathieu Benoit (Illustrateur) - FRANÇAIS Année 4-7 Lightfinder by Aaron Paquette Grade 5 &up The Biggest Poutine in the World by Andrée Poulin Grade 5 &up Flickers by Arthur Slade Grade 5 &up Sea Change by Frank Viva Grade 5 &up The Swan Riders by Erin Bow Grade 6 &up Cahokia de Camille Bouchard Année 6+ THE KILLER WHALE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD by Mark Leiren-Young - Grade 6 &up The Hill by Karen Bass Grade 7 &up Urban Tribes by Lisa Charleyboy Grade 7 &up Jillian Christmas (Slam Poetry) Grade 7 &up Saving Montgomery Sole by Mariko Tamaki Grade 7 &up The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben Grade 7 &up Lost Animal Club by Kevin A. Couture Grade 7 &up Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel Grade 8 &up Precious Cargo by Craig Davidson Grade 9 &up Poemw by Anne Fleming Grade 9 &up The Man Who Saved Henry Morgan by Robert Hough Grade 9 &up Flannery by Lisa Moore Grade 9 &up Beware that girl by Teresa Toten Grade 9 &up The Break by Katherena Vermette Grade 9 &up OCDaniel by Wesley King Grade 3-7 Wesley King is the author of The Incredible Space Raiders from Space!, which Publishers Weekly called “a well-drafted coming-of-age story” that “will keep [readers] turning pages.” King’s first book, The Vindico and its sequel, The Feros, were both Junior Library Guild selections. The Vindico also won a Red Maple Award, a kid’s choice award that involved the participation of more than 250,000 kids Ontario, Canada. A brand-new coming-of-age story about a boy whose life revolves around hiding his obsessive compulsive disorder—until he gets a mysterious note that changes everything. Daniel is the back-up punter for the Erie Hills Elephants. Which really means he’s the water boy. He spends most of his time hoping no one notices his strange habits—he calls them Zaps: avoiding writing the number four, for example, or flipping a light switch on and off dozens of times over. He hopes no one notices that he’s crazy, especially his best friend Max, and Raya, the prettiest girl in school. Theme(s) Fiction -; adventure; science; mental illness; depression, OCD; resilience; overcoming challenges. wordfest.com • [email protected] • last updated: 2016-08-29 Page 2 of 11 Back to top As-tu peur? – Sorcières de Mathieu Benoit (Illustrateur) - FRANÇAIS Année 4-7 Mathieu Benoit a étudié en communication graphique à Montréal et travaillé en publicité imprimée. De 2005 à 2008, il a été l’une des têtes dirigeantes du groupe d’auteurs de bande dessinée Surpriz Comix, aboutissant à la publication de trois albums collectifs ainsi qu’à de nombreuses animations à travers le Québec. Depuis 2011, il partage son temps entre l’illustration et le dessin de coin de table avec sa fille de quatre ans. C’est avec beaucoup d’humour que la collection As-tu peur? catapulte les enfants dans des mondes qui fascinent et font frémir. Dans leur marmite, les sorcières concoctent potions et philtres. Toutes connaissent des formules magiques abracadabrantes, certaines se prennent pour des pharmaciennes, d’autres savent comment changer ton prof en grenouille, plusieurs souhaitent envoûter l’élu de leur cœur. Attention, les sorcières ne sortent pas seulement à l’Halloween. Thème(s) Album illustré – Sorcières; Halloween; magie; découvertes. Lightfinder by Aaron Paquette Grade 5 &up At the age of three, Aaron Paquette was terrified and enchanted by his Mother’s impersonation of Gollum while reading The Hobbit. It was then that he knew he wanted to tell stories. As an artist, his work has gone around the world. As a speaker he is in great demand for his powerful messages. As a writer, Lightfinder is his first novel, and it won the 2015 Burt Award for First Nations, Metis and Inuit Literature. Written & illustrated by Aaron Paquette Lightfinder is a Young Adult fantasy novel about Aisling, a young Cree woman who sets out into the wilderness with her Kokum (grandmother), Aunty and two young men she barely knows. Together they must find and rescue her runaway younger brother, Eric. Along the way Aisling learns that the legends of her people might be real and that she has a growing power of her own. The story follows the paths of Aisling and Eric, siblings unwittingly thrust into a millennia old struggle for the future of life on earth. Theme(s) Fiction - First Nations, fantasy; stereotyping; growing up; love; loss La Plus Grosse Poutine du Monde d’Andrée Poulin - FRANÇAIS. Année 5 + Andrée Poulin a publié plus de 30 livres qui lui ont valu plusieurs distinctions et prix littéraires. Son défi est d’écrire des romans qui stimulent l’esprit et remuent le coeur, qui font rire et réfléchir. Afin de partager sa passion de l’écriture, elle fait des animations et des ateliers dans les écoles et les bibliothèques. wordfest.com • [email protected] • last updated: 2016-08-29 Page 3 of 11 Back to top Thomas a peu de souvenirs de sa mère. Il se rappelle seulement que pour ses cinq ans, elle lui a fait la meilleure poutine au monde. Le lendemain, elle n’était plus là. Elle n’est jamais revenue. Pour souligner ses quatorze ans, Thomas décide de soumettre une idée au livre des records Guinness. Aidé de son meilleur ami Samuel et de son équipe de soccer, il va cuisiner la plus grosse poutine au monde. Si son record fait le tour de la planète, sa mère le saura et elle reviendra. Thomas et ses amis échafaudent les plans les plus fous, et des révélations viennent remettre en question le projet « Prodigieuse Poutine ». Thème(s) Fiction – Relations; amitié, adolescence; amour; perte The Biggest Poutine in the World by Andrée Poulin Grade 5 &up Andrée Poulin has written over 30 books for children. Many have won awards, including the TD Children’s Literature Award (French language) for La plus grosse poutine du monde, now published in English by Annick Press as The Biggest Poutine in the World. On his fifth birthday, Thomas’s mother made him a delicious dish of poutine. The next day, she disappeared; he hasn’t seen her since. On the day of this twelfth birthday, Thomas comes up with the idea of setting a Guinness world record for the biggest poutine in the world. As he puts together all the pieces of his “Phenomenal Poutine Project,” Thomas not only discovers why his mother disappeared, but he also learns the meaning of friendship. Theme(s) Fiction – Relationship, friendship, growing up; love; loss Flickers by Arthur Slade Grade 5 &up Arthur Slade’s The Hunchback Assignments won the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. Its three sequels were all finalists for the Canadian Library Association’s Book of the Year for Children Award, and The Dark Deeps was also a finalist for the CLA Young Adult Book Award. Slade’s previous books include Dust, winner of the Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature, as well as Tribes, Monsterology, Villainology and the Canadian Chills series. Far from the isolated prairie ranch where they were born, orphaned twins Isabelle and Beatrice Thorn are living a glamorous 1920s Hollywood life as wards of Mr. Cecil, a mysterious and influential director. Isabelle is a silent film starlet, destined for greatness in the very first talking picture—a horror flick that will showcase her famous scream, often seen but never before heard by audiences. A movie scream so piercing, so chilling and so powerful, it will open up another dimension and summon something beyond all imagining.
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