A writer, poet, father and grandfather, a former school principal, traveller, musician and one-time candidate for Parliament, David Bouchard is living life to its fullest.
David believes in reading: “I speak to educators, parents and students about the importance of reading,”
Juana Martinez-Neal is the recipient of the 2019 Caldecott Honor for Alma and How She Got Her Name (Candlewick Press), her debut picture book as author-illustrator. She is a New York Times bestselling illustrator recipient of the 2020 Robert F. Sibert Medal for Fry Bread: A Native American Story (Roaring Brook) and the 2018 Pura Belpré Medal for Illustration for La Princesa and the Pea (Putnam).
Shaun Tan grew up in Perth and works as an artist, writer and film-maker in Melbourne. He is best known for illustrated books that deal with social and historical subjects through dream-like imagery, widely translated throughout the world and enjoyed by readers of all ages. Shaun is the recipient of an Academy Award for the short animated film The Lost Thing, the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in Sweden and the Kate Greenaway Medal in the UK.
My name is Karina and I’m a bilingual speech-language pathologist (MS, CCC-SLP, BE) and children’s book author. Currently, I work with school-age children at a school in Brooklyn, NY. While targeting students’ storytelling skills through therapy, their boundless imaginations inspired this dream to write picture books of my own.
I am a conservation biologist, author-illustrator, and climate educator. My conservation background spans 3 decades and since around 2015 I decided to tap into my natural abilities as cartoonist and storyteller to promote climate literacy. I thus created and published a series of graphic novels about climate change, and the main character of this work is now my brand for climate education. I do this not only through the books but also with projects targeting schools, teachers, and any other community of interest.
