So pleased to announce that my children’s picture book The Wish Carvers has won a Canada Book Award! Here’s what the Canada Book Awards’ administration wrote in their email: Congratulations! Your book, The Wish Carvers, has been chosen as a Canada Book Award-winner! The Canada Book Awards enjoyed assessing …
In celebration of ONTARIO LIBRARY WEEK – October 18-24, 2020, Children’s Author Kathleen Gauer was invited to a virtual author visit hosted by Grimsby Public Library. Over 380 teachers and students participated in the event. Simone Saunders, Children’s Services Coordinator at Grimsby Public Library, has turned this author presentation into a YouTube …
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EXCITING NEWS! The Wish Carvers has received a 5-Star – Highly Recommended – Review in CM: Canadian Review of Materials. “The Wish Carvers will be a well-enjoyed addition to storybook collections,” comments reviewer Suzanne Pierson, a retired teacher-librarian and instructor of Librarianship courses at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Read Suzanne Pierson’s full review at …
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So exciting when libraries order my book titles! It’s like I’m travelling the world with my books! Thank you to Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries and Fraser Valley Regional Library, the largest public library system in British Columbia, for recently acquiring multiple copies of FOR NO REASON for their collections.
Here’s a simple, inexpensive fun activity to do with children after reading For No Reason and High in the Sky by Kathleen Gauer. In For No Reason, Jamie Higgins comes up with a kind and clever way to deal with a classroom bully, Brad Lugsley, without being mean. High in the Sky follows a young …
In celebration of World Read Aloud Day 2018, Kathleen Gauer reads from her book, FOR NO REASON on YouTube. Now in its second print run, FOR NO REASON is available in libraries across Canada, Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, local book/gift stores, Amazon.ca, or you can purchase your own signed copy from SkippingStonePress.net.
Just received an encouraging letter from Colin Jensen, Chief Executive Officer of Brisbane City Council Libraries. Brisbane Council’s Library Services has reviewed my book, For No Reason, and placed an order for multiple copies with their library supplier! Colin Jensen states in his letter, Thank you for bringing your book to my attention. We think …
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Just like the energetic character in my children’s book, HIGH IN THE SKY, who uses the power of imagination and a tire swing to travel to far away places, HIGH IN THE SKY has also taken flight and traveled on many exciting adventures! Let me explain…when my first printing rolled off the press in December …
Here is a snapshot of what people are saying about High in the Sky… Rhonda Campbell, Youth Services Coordinator for Leduc Public Library, Alberta commented, “HIGH IN THE SKY is a lovely illustrated book with a great message to help channel the imaginations.” Angela Meady, Head of Children’s & Youth Services, Thunder Bay Public Library, …
