LINDA GRANFIELD

     

Linda has an instinct for writing about topics that fascinate and inform young people. That instinct coupled with an award-winning style has made her one of the top non-fiction writers in North America. A dual U.S./Canadian citizen, Linda studied at Oxford, Salem State College, Northeastern University and University of Toronto and now lives in Toronto with her family.

Visit Linda at her website: www.lindagranfield.com

Online Reviews and Interviews:
War stories for intent young ears - thestar.com

Forthcoming:

John McCrae
Scholastic Canada

The Unknown Soldier
Scholastic Canada

Books:

What Am I?
illustrated by Jennifer Herbert, Tundra 2007

• Selected, First & Best Booklist 2007
  Toronto Public Library

America Votes
Kids Can Press, Canada, 2003

I Remember Korea:
Veterans Tell Their Stories of the Korean War, 1950-1953
Clarion Books, 2003

• Nominated, 2005 Stellar Award, Teen Readers' Choice of B.C
• Nominated for the Ontario Library Association Red Maple Award 2005

Brass Buttons and Silver Horseshoes: British War Bride Stories
McClelland and Stewart, Canada (for adults), 2002

• 2001 The Vicki Metcalf Award for a Body of Work, Canadian Authors' Assoc.

97 Orchard Street, New York: Stories of Immigrant Life
Tundra Books, Canada, 2001

Where Poppies Grow: A World War I Companion
Stoddart Kids Canada, 2001, U.S. 2002, Fitzhenry and Whiteside 2002

• Quill & Quire Top 5 Picks of 2001
• Nominated for the Hackmatack Award, 2002/2003

Pier 21: Gateway of Hope
Tundra Books, 2000

High Flight: A Story of World War II
Tundra Books Canada and U. S., 1999

• 2000 Outstanding Selection, Parent Council U.S.

The Legend of the Panda
Tundra Books, Canada and U. S., 1998

Brain Quest Canada,
(co-author) Thomas Allen Canada and Workman, U. S. 1998, new edition 2001

Circus
Douglas & McIntyre, Canada 1997, DK Ink in U. S., 1998

• 1998 Bank Street College of Education "Best Books of 1998"
• 1998 Chicago Public Library "Best of the Best 1998
• 1998 Voya (Voice of Youth Advocates) Outstanding Title
• 1997 Best Books Ontario Library Association

Silent Night: The Song From Heaven
Tundra Books Canada and U. S., 1997

• 2000 Outstanding Selection, Parent Council U.S.

Postcards Talk
Pembroke Canada, Stenhouse, U. S. 1997

Amazing Grace: The Story of the Hymn
Tundra Books Canada and U. S., 1997

In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae
Stoddart Kids Canada and U.S. 1996, Lester, 1995 Bantam: also Great Britain

• 1997 Regional Winner of the Silver Birch Award (Ontario Library Assoc.)
• 1997 Internationale Jugendbibliothek, Munich -- "White Ravens 1997" selection as "best children's books in the world" representing Canada
• 1997 Winner of the Red Cedar Award (The Young Readers' Choice Awards Society of British Columbia) for non-fiction
• 1997 International Reading Association Teachers' Choice Book
• 1997 Books for the Teen Age --New York Public Library selection
• 1996 IODE Book Award-Toronto Chapter
• 1996 Canadian Library Association Honour Book-Text
• 1996 Canadian Library Association Honour Book-Non-fiction
• 1996 Children's Literature Roundtables Information Book Award

The Year I Was Born – 1984
Kids Can Press Canada, 1996

The Year I Was Born – 1988
Kids Can Press Canada, 1995

The Year I Was Born – 1987
Kids Can Press Canada, 1994

Cowboy: A Kid's Album
Douglas and Mclntyre, 1993 (Ticknor & Fields in U. S.,1994: also Germany Carl Hanser Verlag, 1994 and Great Britain

• 1995 Children's Book Council and the National Council of Social Studies
• 1995 Finalist for 1995 Hungry Mind Review--Children's Books of Distinction -top 10 non-fiction
• 1995 "Quick Picks for Young Adults" List, American Library Association
• 1994 Canadian Children's Literature Roundtables Information Book Award winner
• 1994 American Booksellers' Pick of the Lists choice
• 1994 Notable Children's Trade Book-Social Studies (U.S.)
• 1993 Canadian Library Association Notable Canadian
• 1991 Frances E. Russell Award, (IBBY-Canada)
• Ontario Arts Council Grants

The Make-Your-Own-Button Book
(co-author) Somerville House Books, 1993, Hyperion in U. S., 1994

• 1994 American Booksellers' Pick of the Lists choice
• 1994 Council [title listed in CTTC 1995 Toy Report]
• 1994 Three-star rating from the Canadian Toy Testing

Extra! Extra!: The Who, What, When, Where and Why of Newspapers
Kids Can Press Canada, 1993, Orchard Books in U. S., 1994 and L'Heritage, Quebec, 1994, Editoriale Scienza, Italy, 1998

• 1994 Canadian Children's Literature Roundtable
  Information Book Award – Honour Book

Canada Votes: How We Elect Our Government
Kids Can Press Canada,1990, revised eds. 1992, 1994, 1997, 2000

All About Niagara Falls
Kids Can Press Canada, 1988, Morrow Junior Books in U. S.,1988

• 1988 Best Books List, Ontario Library Assoc.