Selkirk Montessori School in, Victoria BC

I enjoyed a wonderful day with the Selkirk Montessori School children in, Victoria BC November 10th. Here is a picture of one of the classes... Children always fill me with new enthusiasm and the excitement of young curiosities. My thanks to the fabulous teachers and staff! Did I say... "I had a great time?"

The Brothers Of The Wolf

On the shelf September, 2014 "In this ancient northwest coast world Moon is lazy and only wakes up when he wants. The book is about two brothers of the wolf who are separated by a fishing accident. One stays in the sea and one is returned to land. Howling in the dark, looking for each other, they wake up the full moon. Although the brothers find happiness in their new chosen worlds, they miss each other. Promising to howl when they get lonely, they consequently wake the full moon each month." As an added value to school teachers and parents, there is a glossary for the NW Coast Supernatural Creatures and Pacific NW sea life!

Salmon Twins Performance Art

I am excited to share this review I received last week. "May 22, 2013 Hi Caroll, On behalf of all the staff and students of Pope John Paul lll School in Kenora, Ontario, thank you so much for coming all the way here to spend the day with us. The grade 4’s were thrilled to make the local newspaper, (front page!) while the grade 3’s were proudly wearing their clan masks the next day after you were here. A memorable experience for all! Come again! Shauna De Gagne PJP Librarian Kenora ON"

Mask Making & Drama Workshops in Kenora, ON

I just got some wonderful pictures from Pope John Paul School in Kenora,ON. I held a Mask Making Workshop for 91 students and a Drama Workshop for 20 actors in which they performed for their school. The students worked hard and were stupendous! Their teacher, Ms. DeGagne was phenomenal!!

I was looking forward with great trepidation the day on my calendar marked 7 flights. Much to my pleasure the day went off without a hitch! Leaving Pickle Lake via Wasaya Airways at 7:45, the 14 passenger prop Beech Craft was fully loaded. It was a sunny day and the iced lakes in the massive view above were glistening with the promise of spring. Flying northeast for a few hundred miles we landed in Landsdown House on what looked like a dirt landing strip. Then, we carried on to Webequie even farther north. Once in the air the plane flipped a Uie, banking hard to port, we tested the seatbelts. Our new heading was due south. We stopped in Summer Beaver and Fort Hope. And finally after hundreds of miles in both directions we landed in Thunderbay. I had a delightful experience visiting with the children that afternoon. Amazing how wonderful it felt to be a live ;-) Shot back to the airport to catch another plane this time with Bearskin… I heard someone refer to it as ‘Scare-skin.’ Heading northwest we landed in Sioux Lookout. This must be a hub. I had landed there before. Arriving in Red Lake, my ears were ringing. I had experienced most and the best flights ever.

May 11-12th Upon landing I saw a large variety of beautifully coloured float planes. There were piles of pontoons, waiting patiently under a blanket of snow, for the wheeled planes from the south… to fly north for the summer. My arrival to Pickle Lake was a little stressful due to the fact the plane was ½ hour late and my presentation was due to start in five minutes! The driver was not there. Starting to sweat…. Heather, the librarian arrived. She had anticipated the delayed flight and set back the schedule to accommodate the new agenda. Everything was very well planned. The students had reviewed my books and had done some amazing book reports including artwork quite surprising for the age bracket. As a matter of fact, the student in Pickle Lake School showed a remarkable amount of talent collected in such a small school! I wasn’t able to get enough photos to show the amount of talent but will include a few. Coming out of the school Friday afternoon, I was hit with a spring snow flurry. It was so cold. The wind blowing the snowflakes in a horizontal angle made you dizzy. The lake at the end of the road gave no sigh of releasing the ice cover. My town library presentation was fun. I met some beautiful people who home-schooled their children and were happy to give their children the opportunity to visit with an author. There were also teachers from another small school I was not able to visit due to lack of time. Having five flights tomorrow I land at my new home base, Thunderbay. I will have one presentation and scoot off to the airport and take two more flight. Arriving in Red Lake, I am positive I’ll sleep good.

May 10th Leaving Thunderbay was like leaving home base, off on a new adventure. Lake Superior was trying to break free from winter’s hold. I could see small changes in the melting of the frozen landscape. My plane was late leaving Thunderbay and I was happy to find out the Wasaya Airline was holding the plane in Sioux Lookout. I was surprised to see the next plane was smaller than the last, with the exception you could almost stand inside walking down the aisle.