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Kari-Lynn Winters

Author/Performer

Brock University, Department of Teacher Education
500 Glenridge Avenue
St. Catharines, ON
L2S 3A1
Email: kari@kariwinters.com
Web: kariwinters.com

Born: December 29. St. Thomas, Ontario
Family: Married, two children, two cats.

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. After earning her doctorate from the University of British Columbia in 2009 in the Language and Literacy Department, she took the post of Assistant Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Brock University.

Previously, Kari-Lynn-Lynn taught in various places in the United States and Ontario. 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.

Kari-Lynn's first picture book, Jeffrey and Sloth (Orca, 2007) -- a tale about a boy who has writer's block and the imaginary creature he creates to help him write his story -- has won numerous reader's choice and other awards. Her books have been translated into French and Korean.

Read more about Kari on Wikipedia. A full list of her picture books and magazine articles for young readers, and scholarly publications in the field of literacy, is on her website.

Published Works

Picture Books

Runaway Alphabet, illustrated by Ben Frey, Simply Read Books, 2009
On My Walk, illustrated by Christina Leist, Tradewind Books, 2009
Chicken on Skis, illustrated by Izabela Bzymek, Gumboot Books , 2009
aRHYTHMetic, illustrated by Scot Ritchie, Gumboot Books, 2009
aRHYTHMetique, translated by Christine Jutras-Tarakdjian, Gumboot Books, 2009
Jeffrey and Sloth, Orca Book Publishers, 2007.

Magazine Stories and Poems (Selected)

The Smartest Dresser ChickaDEE Magazine (2009)
Rumors In My First Year in the Classroom: 50 Stories That Celebrate the Good, the Bad, and the Most Unforgettable Moments, pp. 32-35 (Cincinnati: Adams Media, 2009)
Snail Mail with Tiffany Stone. KNOW Magazine (2009)
Rhyme or Reason, In A World of Stories (Vancouver: Gumboot Books, 2008)
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

Shifting identities, literacy, and a/r/t/ography: Exploring an educational theatre company. With George Belliveau and Lori Sherritt-Fleming. Language and Literacy journal (2009)
The Antigone Project: Exploring the Imaginative, Active, and Social Dimensions of Drama, Print Literacy, and Media. With Theresa Rogers and Andrew Schofield. In Crumpler T., Schneider, J., and Rogers, T. (eds.). Process Drama: an Educational Tool for Developing Multiple Literacies (Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2006)
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

Awards

2009: Silver Medal, BC Reader's Choice Chocolate Lilly Award 2009: Winner, EveryTales Best Tale Contest 2009: Winner, Association of Educational Publishers 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award Honour Book Award for the OLA Blue Spruce Award, 2008
Honour Book Award 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 8 kids.


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