Thrilled to be shortlisted for the Kobzar Book Award!
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Librarians unite (over Tex-Mex!)
Such a pleasure to chat with librarians over a Tex-Mex feast! AND, I had all of MaryEllen’s books signed by this time, so we did a trunk exchange!
Stolen Girl now available in Ukrainian
Books XXI in Chernivtsi, Ukraine is publishing this beautiful edition of Stolen Child (Stolen Girl). Titled The Kidnapped Girl for this edition, the translation was done by the talented Yuliya Lyubka. More information can be found here. In Canada it will be available from Koota Ooma and other Ukrainian bookstores.
Happy Vyshyvanka Day!
Celebrating folk traditions of Ukraine. I bought this blouse in 2001 in Lviv when I traveled to Ukraine for the first time. Went with my non-Ukrainian mom.
Jackson Elementary
MYRCA Northern Lights nomination for Winterkill
Happy Easter
#PysankyforUkraine — all the pysanky I’ve written in 2023 so far.
Pysanka with a bee.
This year’s pysanky (so far)
A special edition of Prisoners in the Promised Land
Many thanks to The Ukrainian Canadian Congress, thanks to Tania Sunak and Olya Grod of the UCC National Education Council and @InternmentCda for funding a special edition of Prisoners in the Promised Land for senior students at TDCSB Ukrainian language schools. Thank you to Scholastic Canada for making this possible. Thank you Josyf Cardinal Slipyj TCDSB for sending these wonderful pics!
