Professional Bio:
Toronto author Kathleen Gauer writes books that encourage children to be imaginative, kind, and grateful. Published works include illustrated children’s books, High in the Sky, For No Reason, The Wish Carvers, Bathtime Fun!, as well as poetry, and magazine and newspaper articles.
The REAL AUTHOR Kathleen writes:
I have always enjoyed writing, from having my poetry published in school newspapers, corresponding with a pen pal in Morocco in elementary school, writing letters to family, friends, and my future husband on a month-long high school trip to Western Europe, and being hired on as a contributing editor for a local community focus magazine, where I worked for 15 years. During that time, I also had my own bi-monthly “Arts in this City” column in the local newspaper. I loved being able to interview artists, authors, collectors, educators, and performers and making them proud of their accomplishments.
But it was always my wish to one day write a children’s book that would be available in the Toronto Public Library. Well, that wish eventually came true, but not until I had helped to raise a son and daughter and retired from the Toronto Public School Board as a Special Education Teacher’s Assistant after 29 years. Now I have four children’s books in circulation in libraries across Canada and also in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the USA. I am proof that you are never too old to achieve your dreams!
When I am not writing or reading books, I love to travel, practice yoga, golf, sing in a community choir, knit, watercolor paint, and spend time with friends and family. I also tutor an SK student and am a volunteer reader with IBBY Canada’s (International Board on Books for Youth) Reading with Newcomer Children program. Author visits to schools, libraries, and other venues are also events that I enjoy.
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