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BriReads: Alis the Aviator!
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The talented Bri Reads has created a video about Alis the Aviator! First she does an animated reading, followed by a mini tour of the Palm Springs Air Museum (California), and finally a segment on making paper airplanes and testing them out! This 25-minute video is a great virtual activity for te...
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Amazing women fliers of WW2
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This Remembrance Day, as I keep learning and writing about Canadian women veterans from the Second World War, I thought I’d share just a few links with you. I hope you find them as fascinating as I do! For too long, women’s stories were ignored or overlooked, but luckily this is changing. In the ...
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Grief and change
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Grief and change
Please click here if you need help with this grief and trauma: Indigenous Crisis Support Lines. This past week the remains of 215 children were found at the former grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. It was an unmarked mass grave on Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First ...
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Bri Reads Alis the Aviator!
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The talented Bri Reads has created a video about Alis the Aviator! First she does an animated reading, followed by a mini tour of the Palm Springs Air Museum (California), and finally a segment on making paper airplanes and testing them out! This 25-minute video is a great virtual activity for te...
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Editing, writing, and publishing help is here!
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I’ve always loved working with other writers and book professionals, but I had to step back a bit the past couple of years. Now my schedule has opened up again, and I’m excited to reboot my business! This time I’m teaming up with friend and writing pal, Connie B. Dowell, over at...
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Amazing women fliers of WW2
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This Remembrance Day, as I keep learning and writing about Canadian women veterans from the Second World War, I thought I’d share just a few links with you. I hope you find them as fascinating as I do! For too long, women’s stories were ignored or overlooked, but luckily this is chang...
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Alis the Aviator: More Reader Reviews!
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A book on aviation to delight big and small This ABC book is all about aviation. The cut paper art is part of the charm of this unique book, but for young readers who love airplanes they will learn the A to Z of different kinds of aircraft. A must have for future pilots. Barbra […]
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Habitat Halloween Spooktacular
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Didn’t get enough creepy stories, songs and poetry this Halloween season? Support Jasper Habitat for the Arts and get grownup story time with creators from BC to Newfoundland! I read my debut ghost story, “Ship in a Bottle” along with Marty Chan and many other talented and best-...
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Ship in a Bottle
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I have loved ghost stories since I was a little kid, and have often gone on haunted walks of cities in the different places I’ve lived and visited. From New Orleans to Vancouver to Edinburgh, every city has its tales of heartbreak, injustice, and unfinished business – and spirits that...
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FREE online reading of Alis the Aviator + printable craft
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Like so many of you, my family and I are practicing physical distancing here in Houston, Texas, and it can be challenging to come up with activities to fill the hours that are fun but also maybe a teensy bit educational. Until the libraries and bookstores and schools are open again, a lot of us [...
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Alis the Aviator a top 19 picture book of 2019!
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I was absolutely thrilled to learn that Alis the Aviator was selected as one of the top 19 Canadian picture books of 2019 by CBC Books. Just wow! The book was so much fun to work on, and it was amazing to see it come to life in the creative hands of Sam Swenson at […]
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Remembering Bill Wheeler
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Remembering Bill Wheeler
By John ChalmersCAHS Membership Secretary With the passing of William J. Wheeler, the Canadian Aviation Historical Society has lost one of its original members and one who made a great and lasting contribution to the CAHS. For 45 years from 1963 to 2008, Bill served as the original editor of the ...
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Elsie MacGill Awards Honour Top Canadian Women in Aviation
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For more information about the organization, awards, and recipients, check out this Skies Magazine article!
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Of Planes and Pilots: Guest Post by Anne Gafiuk
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“Today, as I read Alis the Aviator with my cousin, Laura, and her 8-year-old nephew, Kyle, the three of us learned more about the different aircraft seen in the skies.  We took turns reading about each plane.  I told them that when I first started writing about WWII RCAF aviators,...
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Calgary Herald features Alis the Aviator!
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“This ABC adventure is all about aviation. The cut paper art is part of the charm of this unique alphabet book. Young readers who love airplanes will learn the A to Z of different kinds of aircraft. A must have for future pilots. “
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