JOANNE STANBRIDGE
Author / Illustrator

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For ten years, Joanne was employed as a children's librarian at Westmount Public Library in Montreal, Quebec. She currently works as a reference librarian at the Kingston Frontenac Public Library.

Joanne has published articles, poems, bibliographies and book reviews in literary and reviewing journals including Queen's Quarterly, Dalhousie Review, Antigonish Review, Canadian Children's Literature and Montreal Review of Books. She holds a B.A. from the University of Guelph, an M.A. in creative writing from Concordia University, and an M.L.I.S. (library studies) from McGill University.

Joanne is also a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), the Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC), and the Canadian Society for Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP).

Forthcoming:

Joe's Big Surprise
Scholastic

Books:

author:

The Mammoth Cheese
Scholastic Education

Famous Dead Canadians 2
Scholastic, Spring 2006

Famous Dead Canadians
illus. Bill Dickson - Scholastic, 2003

• 2004-2005 Silver Birch Award, Honour Book
  Ontario Library Association
• Nominated, 2005/2006 Red Cedar Award - Non-Fiction
  Young Readers' Choice Awards (YRCA) Society of BC

The Leftover Kid
(Can) Red Deer Press, 1997

author/illustrator:

Who Runs this Country, Anyway? A Guide to Canadian Government
Scholastic, 2005

Joanne Stanbridge: Poems
ed. Homer Hogan - (Can) University of Guelph, 1981

illustrator:

My Four Lions
by Bernice Gold - (Can) Annick Press, 1999

Awards:

• The Leftover Kid was nominated for the Red Cedar Book Award 2000.
• The Swedish edition of The Leftover Kid, called Den Sjatte Systern, was published by Wahstroms Bokforlag, AB, in 1998.
• My Four Lions was listed as an OLA Best Bet for 1999 by the Ontario Library Association.

More information can be found about Joanne on her website: www.joannestanbridge.com