KARLEEN BRADFORD

         

Karleen has been delighting children of all ages with her writing for almost 20 years. She grew up in Argentina and travelled the world with her husband, James, a Canadian Diplomat. She has taught creative writing throughout the world and has participated in the Writers in Electronic Residence Program in schools across Canada. Karleen is honoured to be the 2006 recipient of the Allan Sangster Award, which is awarded for outstanding dedication and service to the Canadian Authors Association.

More information about Karleen Bradford can be found at her webpage http://www.karleenbradford.com

Published Works:

Dear Canada: A Season for Miracles
Scholastic Canada, 2006

The Scarlet Cross
HarperCollins (Can) 2006

The Nine Days Queen
Scholastic 2006, Scholastic-TAB Publications 1996, Uitgeverij C. de Vries-Brouwers B.V.B.A., Antwerp, Netherlands 1989, Sugu Shoboh, Japan 1991

Ghost Wolf
Orca, Fall 2005

Angeline (and Study Guide)
HarperCollins (Can) 2004, (2005)

• Nominated, 2006/2007 Stellar Book Award,
  B.C. Teen Readers' Choice
• Finalist, 2005 Geoffrey Bilson Award
  for Historical Fiction for Young People
  Canadian Children's Book Centre
• Nominated, 2006 White Pine Award, Ontario Library Association
• Nominated, IODE Violet Downey Award
• Nominated, 2006 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award
• Starred selection, Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Guide, 2005

Review - "This novel is based on the horrific experience of the 20,000 children who followed Stephen of Cloyes to Marseilles in 1212. Thirteenth century Egypt comes alive in the hands of this marvellous storyteller...The descriptions of the life in Cairo all come through the eyes of Angeline the newcomer, and so they both enlighten and inform. This is historical fiction at its best, all show and no tell...Angeline is a compelling story of a plucky heroine that will appeal to both boys and girls in grades 6 to 10. Highly Recommended"
     - CM Magazine

You Can't Rush A Cat
Orca Books (Can) 2003

• 2005 Shining Willow Award,
  Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice
• Nominated, Ontario Library Association Blue Spruce Award, 2004
• The Best Children's Books of the Year list,
  The Bank Street College of Education, New York, 2004
• One of the Best Books of 2003, Resource Links Magazine

Review - "Young cat lovers will enjoy this book about an elusive wild cat that eventually takes up residence in a lonely old man's home...Bradford's use of simple language and fairly short sentences sets the story's calm, soft mood...The close relationship between Jessica and her grandfather is evident through both the text and the illustrations."
     - CM Magazine

With Nothing But Courage, The Loyalist Diary of Mary MacDonald,
Scholastic Canada 2002

Whisperings of Magic
HarperCollins Canada 2001

• Nominated for the Ontario Red Maple Award 2002

Lionheart’s Scribe - The Third Book of the Crusades
HarperCollins Canada 1999

Review - "Completing her trilogy about the Crusades with this volume, Karleen Bradford once again creates a gripping story that brings a distant time and place vividly alive for young readers today."
     - Quill & Quire

• Shortlisted for the Silver Birch Award in Ontario, 2000
• Nominated for the 2002 Red Cedar Award

A Different Kind of Champion
Scholastic Canada 1998

Dragonfire
HarperCollins Canada 1997

Review - "...One of the most thrilling encounters with the shadow in children's literature."
     - Maclean's Magazine

Review - "...an intelligent and entertaining fantasy for young readers."
     - Quill & Quire

• Shortlisted for the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award, 2000
• Shortlisted for the Hackmatack Award in Nova Scotia 2001

Shadows on a Sword - The Second Book of the Crusades
HarperCollins Canada 1996

• Shortlisted for the Geoffrey Bilson Historical Award, 1997
• One of the Year’s Outstanding Books, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, 1996
• One of the Year’s Best Books, Resource Links Magazine, 1996

More Animal Heroes
Scholastic Canada 1996, Scholastic USA 1998

Animal Heroes
Scholastic Canada 1995, Scholastic USA 1998

Thirteenth Child
HarperCollins Canada 1994

• Finalist for the Blue Heron Award, 1994

Wrong Again, Robbie
Scholastic - TAB Publications 1993, originally A Year for Growing, 1977, Gyldendalska Boghandel Denmark 1988, Crossroads Publications (electronic) 2001

There Will Be Wolves - The First Book of the Crusades
HarperCollins Canada 1992,Lodestar Books USA 1996, Puffin Books USA 1998

• The Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award 1993
• Shortlisted for the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award, 1996
• American Library Association, One of the Best Books of the Year, 1996
• One of the Child Study Children’s Book Committee Children’s Books of the Year 1996

Review - "It works its magic with a plot that weaves memorable history lessons into a colourful medieval tapestry of high adventure."
     - Ottawa Citizen

Windward Island
Kids Can Press Canada 1989

• The Max and Greta Ebel Award, 1990
• Runner-up for the City of Dartmouth Award, 1990
• Shortlisted for the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award, 1992

Write Now!
Scholastic-TAB Publications 1988

Haunting at Cliff House
Scholastic-TAB Publications 1985, Scholastic USA 1985, Utigitt av Tuppen og Lillemor-klibben, Norway 1987

The Stone in the Meadow
Gage Educational Publishing Canada 1984

I Wish There Were Unicorns
Gage Educational Publishing Canada 1983

The Other Elizabeth
Gage Educational Publishing Canada 1982, Macmillan Australia 1990

• The CommCept Canadian KidLit Contest Best Children’s Novel of the Year, 1979