Calling all teachers! So happy to report that our teacher’s novel study guide for Secrets of the Hotel Maisonneuve is finished and is now available to any teacher who might wish to read the middle-grade mystery in class (and save time planning yet another lesson!) The guide was developed by a retired Grade 5 and…
Secrets of the Hotel Maisonnueve is now available in elementary and junior high classrooms throughout the province thanks to the Nova Scotia Book Bureau. If you’re a teacher, let me know and I’ll send you a copy. I can even visit your class to talk about being an author! We’ve gone to a second printing,…
As a kid, did you risk life & limb because a book was so good that you couldn’t put it down while walking home from school? Imagine how it feels when you’re an adult & a kid is doing that while reading YOUR book. 💕
Word went out on social media on Tuesday that Tako Loko — a taqueria run by Mexican immigrants — might not survive the pandemic. The lineup started before they opened their doors on Tuesday afternoon. This was the line at 7:45 pm — just before closing — when I arrived to pay my respects and…