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When she was young, Poh Poh left her home and everything she knew to travel across the ocean to North America—what they knew as Gold Mountain. The one thing she brought was her sword, but she did not use it to fight. She used it to forge a new life for her family.
Author Julia Hune-Brown and illustrator Hayley Lowe ask each other a creative question in celebration of their new book, Poh Poh’s Sword, based on the remarkable history of Julia’s grandmother, Gar Yin Hune.
Deep in October County is a magical place called Spookytown, where the leaves are always bright, the air is always crisp and the pumpkins are always in their prime. Author Vikki VanSickle and illustrator Jannica Lounsbury reflect on the creation of Mother Boo: Poems from Spookytown, an autumn collection of verse that runs the gamut from silly to sweet to spine tingling!
Celia Krampien grew up in a house in the woods in a small town near Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. She studied illustration at Sheridan College and currently lives in St. Catharines, Ontario, with her partner, a mischievous cat, and a nosy beagle. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Bellwoods Game and Remember Me, Daphne. Photo by Jamie Nadalin.
Debut author Emma White talks navigating rejection, being a pantser, and how to build strong friendships while writing toxic ones.
