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Kaarina Brooks

Author/Illustrator

6205 Third Line Essa
R.R. # 2
Alliston, ON
L9R 1V2
Phone: (705) 435-2786
Email: brooks@csolve.net

Born: Finland. 22 November 1941.
Family: hubby: Brian Brooks; daughters: Taria & Katri; three grandsons.

Biography

Kaarina Brooks, born in Kuopio, Finland, is a retired elementary school teacher. She immigrated to Canada as a child in 1951 with her family. Writing and art have always played a big part in her life and she and her sister even had their own "publishing company" (Parviaisten Tyttöjen Osake-yhtiö) which "published" several hard cover (ie. cardboard) novels as well as anthologies of stories and poetry. As an adult, Kaarina has had poems and stories "really" published in magazines, anthologies and literary journals. She also has translated and illustrated several Finnish folk tales for children, which appear in two books: Foxy and Peikko, the Foolish Ogre.

Published Works

Peikko, The Foolish Ogre, Aspasia Books, 2003
Foxy, Finnish Folk Tales for Children,Aspasia Books, 2002

Other Memberships

Romance Writers of America, Toronto Romance Writers

Available For

Library and clasroom presentations/readings on "Foxy" and "Peikko" stories; telling about illustrating them and about living in Finland as a child Speaking to librarians or older classes on translating folk tales