So this just happened...

#MalaikasSurprise was nominated for the 2022 Forest of Reading (Blue Spruce Award).🌳 

This is a huge honour.  The Forest of Reading is basically the #Canadian equivalent of the Kids’ Choice Awards but for books.  This is my first Forest of Reading nomination.

It’s been twelve years now since I had read Blue Spruce nominated picture books 📚 to my second graders and helped them vote on their favourite.  That year, Chester by Melanie Watt won!

And now, it’s my turn to be a part of the festivities as an author. 

Congratulations to all of the nominees.

To see the full announcement on the Forest of Reading website, click here.

Guess what came in the mail!

2021 TD Grade One Book Giveaway copies of #MalaikasCostume!

This book takes me all the way back at 2016 when Malaika's Costume was first published. 

This was my very first picture book and it was illustrated by #IreneLuxbacher.  Irene has worked hard to redo and revise several illustrations for the TD Grade One Book Giveaway 2021.  I think they look gorgeous.  (One revised illustration is shown here.)

My editor at the time, the late Sheila Barry, said Malaika's Costume would be big before I even signed the contract. I still wonder how she knew. 

I've taken this story all over the world and now over 550,000 children will get a copy.

Enjoy!

HOT OFF THE PRESS

Okay, maybe a few months off the press so the press has cooled down now.  I’m excited to share that I’m excited to be one of the spotlighted children’s picture book creators in CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN PICTURE BOOKS: A Critical Review for Educators, Librarians, Families, Researchers, & Writers by Beverley Brenna, Richard Dionne, and Theresa Tavares.

The book was published earlier in 2021.

Buy your copy here: https://brill.com/view/title/60329 or at the link here: linktr.ee/nadialahohn.