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CANSCAIP Members
 Linda Granfield
Author
Toronto, Ontario
Email: lindagranfield@sympatico.ca
Web: www.lindagranfield.com
Born: November 22. Boston, Massachusetts
Family: husband, daughter and son
Biography
Linda Granfield is the author of over twenty-five non-fiction titles for young readers and adults. A dual U.S./Canadian citizen, Granfield immigrated to Canada thirty-five years ago as a graduate student. Increasingly, her books are attracting adult readers. Her first non-fiction title for adults, Brass Buttons and Silver Horseshoes, was published in 2002.
A dual U.S./Canadian citizen, Granfield immigrated nearly thirty years ago as a graduate student and has been involved in the Canadian children's book field ever since. She's reviewed hundreds of books, interviewed authors and illustrators, and has been a conference speaker and freelance educational writer. Granfield has toured North America coast-to-coast, meeting her readers and presenting workshops dealing with history and research.
Published Works
What Am I?, Tundra Books, 2007
In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae (10th Anniversary edition) Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2005
I Remember Korea: Veterans Tell Their Stories of the Korean War, 1950-53, Clarion 2003/Fitzhenry & Whiteside 2003
America Votes, Kids Can Press, 2003 (revised 2005)
Canada Votes, Kids Can Press, 1990 (revised eds: 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007)
Brass Buttons and Silver Horseshoes: Stories of Canada's British War Brides, McClelland & Stewart, 2002
97 Orchard Street, New York: Stories of Immigrant Life, Tundra, 2001
Where Poppies Grow: A World War I Companion, Stoddart Kids, 2001
Pier 21: Gateway of Hope, Tundra, 2000
High Flight: A Story of World War II, Tundra, 1999
The Legend of the Panda, Tundra, 1998
Brain Quest Canada (with Pat Hancock), Allen, 1998
Circus, Douglas & McIntyre, 1997
Silent Night: The Song From Heaven, Tundra, 1997
Postcards Talk, Pembroke, 1997
Amazing Grace: The Story of the Hymn, Tundra, 1997
In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae, Lester/Stoddart, 1995/96
The Year I Was Born--1984, Kids Can Press, 1996
The Year I Was Born--1988, Kids Can Press, 1995
The Year I Was Born--1987, Kids Can Press, 1994
Cowboy: A Kid's Album, Groundwood, 1993
The Make-Your-Own-Button Book (with Andrea Wayne von Konigslow), Somerville, 1993
Extra! Extra! The Who, What, When, Where, and Why of Newspapers, Kids Can Press, 1993 (available in French: Derniere Edition!, Heritage Jeunesse, 1994)
Canada Votes: How We Elect Our Government, Kids Can Press, 1990 (revised eds: 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007))
All About Niagara Falls, Kids Can Press, 1988
Awards
(short-lists and other nominations NOT included)
Flanders (10th anniv. ed)--Best of 2005, Resource Links
Korea--Junion Library Guild 2003/4
Our Choice selection (Canadian Children's Book Centre) every title
Orchard St--2002 Books for the Teen Age List (New York P.L.)
Poppies--2002 Pennsylvania School Librarian Assoc. Top Ten YA Titles
Poppies--2002 Pennsylvania School Librarian Assoc. Top Forty Non-fiction Titles
Poppies--2002 Year's Best, Resource Links
Poppies--2002 Information Book Award
Poppies--2002 Notable Non-fiction List, Canadian Library Assoc.
Poppies--2002 Notable Non-fiction, Canadian Library Assoc.
Poppies--2002 Quill & Quire "Five Best Children's Books"
Poppies--2001 Alcuin Society Third Prize Design Award
Pier 21--2002 Information Book Award Honour Book
2001--Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work
Pier 21--2000 "The Year's Best", Resource Links
Silent Night--2000 Outstanding Selection-Parent Council U.S.
High Flight--2000 Outstanding Selection-Parent Council U.S.
Brain Quest Canada--2000, Three-star rating, Canadian Toy Testing Council
Circus--1998 Best Books of the Year (Bank Street College of Education
Circus--1998 Best of the Best List (Chicago Public Library
Circus--1997 Best Books, Ontario Library Association
Silent Night--1998 Alcuin Society First Prize Design Award--Books for Children
Amazing Grace--1997 Best Books, Quill & Quire
In Flanders Fields--1997 Red Cedar Award for Non-fiction
Flanders--1997--Books for the Teen Age, New York PUblic Library
Flanders--1997 International Reading Association Teachers' Choice Book
Flanders--1997 Regional winner of the Silver Birch Award
Flanders--1996 Information Book Award
Flanders--1996 Honour Book, Canadian Library Association
Flanders--1996 IODE Book Award-Toronto Chapter
Cowboy--1995 Quick Picks, American Library Association
Cowboy--Top 10 of 1995, Hungry Mind Review
Cowboy--1994 Notable Children's Trade Book-Social Studies (Children's Book Council)
Cowboy--1994 Information Book Award
Cowboy--1994 American Booksellers' Pick of the Lists
Cowboy--1993 Notable Canadian non-fiction (Canadian Library Association)
Extra!--1994 Honour Book, Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada
Niagara Falls--1989 Notable Canadian non-fiction (CLA)
Niagara Falls--1988 Best Books list (Ontario Library Association)
Other Memberships
The Writers' Union of Canada
International Board on Books for Young People
Friends of the Osborne Collection
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (US)
International Reading Association (US)
Available For
Conferences for educators and librarians, classroom visits (Grades 4-12)
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