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Kari-Lynn Winters

Author, Performer, Teacher

 

Member profile details

Membership level
Member
First Name
Kari-Lynn
Last Name
Winters
Province or Territory
Ontario
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Professional information

Bio
Kari-Lynn Winters is an award-winning children's author, poet, playwright, and academic scholar. Sixteen of her picture books or poetry collections have been accepted for publication. She is also an experienced teacher of writing, who has taught a range of students in Canada and the United States, including pre-school, special education, primary and intermediate, high school, and university teacher education.

Kari-Lynn currently lives in St. Catharines, Ontario with her husband, two children, and four cats. She is Assistant Professor at Brock University in the Department of Teacher Education. Her research interests are drama in education, children's literature, and multimodal forms of authorship. More information about Kari-Lynn can be found on her website www.kariwinters.com.
Available For
Keynote speeches
Interactive performances
Drama workshops
Literacy and numeracy workshops
School and library presentations
Professional development workshops for teachers, parents or librarians
Conference presentations
Publications
Children's Picturebooks:

Stinky Skunk Mel
Simply Read Books, 2012
Paola Opal (illustrator)

Gift Days
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2012
Stephen Taylor (illustrator)

Runaway Alphabet
Simply Read Books, 2010
Ben Frey (illustrator)

When Chickens Fly
Gumboot Books, 2010
Izabela Bzymek (illustrator)

On My Walk
Tradewind Books, 2009
Christina Leist (illustrator)

Jeffrey and Sloth
Orca Book Publishers, 2007
Ben Hodson (illustrator)



Children's Poetry Collections:

aRHYTHMetic: A Book and a Half of Poetry About Math
Tickle Trunk Publications, 2011
Tiffany Stone (co-author), Lori Sherritt-Fleming (co-author), Scot Ritchie (illustrator)

aRYTHMetique (French version of aRHYTHMetic)
Gumboot Books, 2010
Tiffany Stone (co-author), Lori Sherritt-Fleming (co-author), Christine Jutras-Tarakdjian (translator), Scot Ritchie (illustrator)



Children's Non-Fiction

Buzz About Bees
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2012
Performances and Exhibitions
2012 West Vancouver, BC, 2012
Booktopia

2011
Surrey,BC, 2011
Surrey International Writers' Festival

2010 Toronto, Ontario
Canscaip Presenter for December

2010 Toronto, Ontario
Superconference

2010 University of British Columbia
UBC Convocation Speaker

2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Vancouver, BC
Word on the Street


Exhibitions/Festivals

2010 St. Thomas, Ontario
International Plowing Match

2010-2011 Toronto
Word on the Street (Host)
Awards
2011 Chocolate Lily Book Awards (Finalist)
Category: Writing
For: On My Walk

2010 Toronto Public Library's "First and Best" List
Category: Writing
For: On My Walk

2010 Surrey Board of Trade Special Achievement Award
Category: Writing mentorship

2010 BC Book Prize (finalist for the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize)
Category: Writing
For: On My Walk

2009 Resource Links Best Books List
Category: Writing
For: aRHYTHMetic
With: Tiffany Stone and Lori Sherritt-Fleming (co-winners)

2009 Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing
Category: Writing
For: Extreme Rollers (Short story in ChickaDEE Magazine)

2009 Chocolate Lily Book Awards (Second Place)
Category: Writing
For: Jeffrey and Sloth

2009 Best Books for Kids and Teens 2009
Category: Writing
For: Jeffrey and Sloth

2008 ABC's of Education Award
Category: Writing
For: Jeffrey and Sloth

2007 UBC Faculty of Education, Teaching Award
Category: Teaching

2005 Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada Award
Category: Arts-Integrated Literacy Research
Other Memberships
Writers' Union of Canada
CWILL
SCBWI
CCBC
NCTE
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