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Kari-Lynn Winters

Author/Performer

101-1433 Beach Ave.
Vancouver, BC
V6G 1Y3
Phone: 604-408-4278
Email: kari@kariwinters.com
Web: kariwinters.com

Born: December 29, 1969, St. Thomas, Ontario
Family: I am married. I have two children.

Biography

Kari-Lynn Winters is a picture book author, poet, and performer. She enjoys being in the classroom in any capacity, as a presenter, a teacher, or as a student. She currently attends the University of British Columbia as a Ph.D. candidate and instructor in the Language and Literacy Department.

Before graduate school, Kari-Lynn-Lynn taught in North Carolina for three years and in Toronto for two years. She holds a teaching degree from the University of Toronto for children ages 3-13. She is also a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, where she earned a certificate in technical theatre.

Orca Book Publishers recently published Kari-Lynn's first picture book, Jeffrey and Sloth (2007)--a tale about a boy who has writer's block and the imaginary creature he creates to help him write his story. Two other picture books have been accepted for publication.

Published Works

Picture Books

Runaway Alphabet, Simply Read Books (forthcoming, 2009)
Chicken on Skis, Gumboot Books (forthcoming, 2009)
Jeffrey and Sloth, Orca Book Publishers, 2007.

Magazine Stories and Poems (Selected)

Extreme Rollers, ChickaDEE Magazine, Jan./Feb., 2008. Measure Me A Measurement, KNOW, Aug/Sept., 2007. Feeling Colors Everywhere. Fandangle Magazine. Aug., 2007. A Scientist Lives in Our Kitchen, KNOW, May, 2007. Monkeying With Perfume, KNOW, May, 2007.

Academic Articles

Winters, K. (2006). Letting Arnold Lobel pack my luggage: From reader response to composition strategies. The Dragon Lode, 24 (2),
Rogers, T., Winters, K., & Bryan, G. (2006). Developing the IRIS: Toward situated and valid assessment measures in collaborative professional development and school reform in literacy. The Reading Teacher

Performances

50 min. performances are available.

  • Whatever I write--about writing strategies and getting through writer's block
  • The Meaning Maker--explores reading strategies and drama
  • I've got rhythm (for younger students JK-K)--plays with nursery rhymes and songs.

Awards

Honour Book Award for the OLA Blue Spruce Award, 2008
Shortlisted for the BC Book Prize, 2008
UBC's Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, 2007
Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada (LLRC) Masters Research Award, 2005
Lomcira Harold Covell Memorial Scholarship, 2005

Other Memberships

CWILL, BC, IRA (International Reading Association), NCTE (National Council of the Teachers of English), SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators)

Available For

  • Large group presentations/performances (150 max)
  • Writing or Drama Workshops for children (K-8)
  • Pre-service and In-service Professional Teacher Development Workshops

Kari-Lynn will use drama, songs, and poetry to bring reading and writing to life. Students will learn about phonemes, sight words, and literacy strategies as they clap, dance, and move to the rhythm of the words.These 50 minute presentations/workshops include: readings from my books and magazine stories, puppets, songs, strategies for writing, drama, and so forth, a question period, and a book signing (Primary up to grade 5)

I can also do a slightly modified presentation for pre-kindergarten up to grade 6 kids.