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Loretta Garbutt

Author, Performer

 

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First Name
Loretta
Last Name
Garbutt
Province or Territory
Ontario
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@lorettagarbutt
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Professional information

Bio
Born and raised in Toronto, Loretta has been an actor and voice animation performer for over 30 years.
She has worked on CBC radio dramas and many cartoons, including the voice of Valerie in the ongoing ‘Max and Ruby’ series.

Loretta was a book reviewer, event bookseller, and the education liaison at Mabel’s Fables bookstore in Toronto and having aspirations to become an author, Loretta was a finalist in CANSCAIP’s 2015 Writing for Children competition in the picture book category.
Her first picture book with Kids Can Press, A Stopwatch from Grampa was released 2020. And J.J. Slept, KCP/May, 2022
Jeffrey Loves Blue, Owlkids/Fall, 2023. Little Pin, Owlkids, spring, 2024.
Diaper Kid, Owlkids, 2025.
Available For
Class room visits.
School Visits
Currently visiting schools
Publications
A Stopwatch from Grampa, KidsCanPress.
Pub Date: April 7, 2020
Rights bought by Trigger Publishing/Upside Down Books
Grandpa's Stopwatch pub date: November, 2020.
And J.J. Slept, KidsCanPress/22
Jeffrey Loves Blue, Owlkids Books/23
Wake up, Little Pin! Owlkids Books/24
Diaper Kid, Owlkids Books/25
Awards
Kirkus Star Review
School Library Journal Review
Other Memberships
SCWBI
CCBS
TWUC

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