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Lily Erlic

Author

Victoria, BC
Phone: (250) 472-7248
Email: lily.erlic@shaw.ca
Web: www.pmdi.com/LilyErlic

Born: July 15, 1965. Victoria, BC

Biography

Lily Erlic is a children's author and preschool teacher. She specializes in writing biographies, action rhymes, e-book picture books and educational material (including science, early math and poetry). Her recent project is a re-telling of the "Little Red Hen" in board book form. It is due for publication in July 2006. A book on "Glaciers-Landscape Carvers" is due out soon too.

"I am enthusiastic about performing my action rhymes in the elementary schools for children ages Pre-K to Grade 3," says Lily, "My rhymes help reinforce memory and promote language development in a fun way."

Lily has future goals too. "My ultimate dream is to write the best picture book ever and then win the Mr. Christie Book Award!" (We'll see what happens...as the author saga continues...)

Published Works

Seasons-Active Poems for all Seasons, McGraw Hill Children's Books, ISBN: 1570293058
Math and the Beanstalk-Addition and Subtraction Fun Grades 1-3
Action Rhyme, Bible Pathways Magazine (Editor, Mary Tucker), 2003.
Read to Me Rhymes: Seasons-Active Poems for All Seasons, McGraw-Hill Children's Publishing, 2002.
Dinosaur Museum e-book, for WeMedia.com through Helikon Technologies
Francy, the Exercising Pig, Synergebooks.com 2001
Stir Crazy with Insects and Animals-20 Stirring Recipes for Children!, Synergebooks.com 2001
Very Vegetarian-Thrifty Appetizers, Main Meals and Desserts in Minutes! Synergebooks.com 2001
Stinky Feet Book, Synergebooks.com, 2001
Read to Me Rhymes: Seasons published by Totline Publications, a division of Frank Schaffer Publications ISBN: 1570293058 October 2001 (teacher and parent's resource book, 80 pages)
Banana Car Totline Magazine May/June issue 1999
Fostering Creativity in the Classroom Island Parent Magazine, August 1999 issue.

Performances

Ruth King Elementary School - action rhyme performance (K-4)
Gordon Head Elementary School - action rhyme performance (K-1)
Braefoot Elementary - action rhyme performance (K-1)
Hillcrest Elementary School Action Rhyme performances for 7 years. Recent performance was filmed for a show called the Daily, channel 11, in Victoria, BC.
Hillcrest Elementary School Math perfomance to demonstrate numbers to children K-3
Francy the Exercising Pig presentation-(K-2)(Several times)
Dinosaur Museum e-book presentation with props (K-2)
Concert at Fernwood Community Center Children's Festival performed 3 action rhymes.

Awards

My Favorite Writer-Lois Lowry and My Favorite Writer-Louis Sachar are in a series of 12 books that won the Learning Magazine Teacher's Choice Award! for the whole series.
1st runner up for a short story contest at pampered puppy website. The story is called "The Case of the Missing Christmas Dog Collar."
3rd Place for picture book story "Francy, the Exercising Pig" at www.writerscorner.com

Other Memberships

Croatian Language School #65 and Folklore Zagreb Society

Available For

Action Rhyme Performances for elementary school grades K-4
Readings
E-book demonstrations and "What are e-books?" lecture includes reading.
-Provides on-line media content
-Food and Recipe writing lectures for children