I wrote this book for so many reasons: to help kids and parents gain skills and tips on what to do when they have big worries; I also wrote this book because I love to write, and I wanted to challenge myself; but I also wrote this book because I couldn't find a book on this topic and so I decided to write one myself; and also I wrote it because writing a book was on my bucket list! I could go on, as there are so many reasons I wrote this book.
I have had the honour and privilege of reading “Reg Goes Swimming” to many, many children over the past 6 months since my book Reg Goes Swimming was published. This is the greatest joy of being a writer of children’s literature: the children, themselves. I just adore them. I am drawn to their wonder and engagement and enthusiasm for Reg, as a character. They make it all worthwhile.
The Impact of Stress Recently, I felt overwhelmed by a task I was about to undertake. I could feel the signs of stress in my body: shallow breathing, increased heart rate, tightness in my belly and more. Since I was home at the time, I was able to tap into some built in resources I …
While in my Grade 3 school year, a new family moved into Tremont, N.S., a lovely little community in Nova Scotia’s King’s County, located approximately 10-15 minutes away from my childhood community of Melvern Square. While this moving event was not significant in itself, what made the whole thing so interesting was the fact that …
There are those who will say “never look back”. Who will say that one should either “live in the moment” and “be present” or should “set one’s sights on things to come”. I, however, am of the firm belief that the past is a doorway through which we must walk into the present and then …
There are so many moments in a life that go without noticing, but the moments I remember the most clearly, the ones that stick in my mind and are seared on my heart, are those moments in which I have shared a closeness, shared an intimate moment with a significant other. A touch of the …
The one thing students really need on any given day may not actually be contained in the words written down on paper — those goals for the day typed out on a lesson plan or scrawled out on paper. No, it might not be the planned numeracy lesson or literacy centre that meets them where …
