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Deborah Hodge of Vancouver is a former educational consultant and curriculum designer for the British Columbia Ministry of Education who has produced a wildlife series for Kids Can Press including such titles as Beavers (1998), Eagles (2000), Ants (2004) and Bees (2004), for ages four to seven. Other titles include Watch me Grow! A Down to Earth Look at Growing Food in the City (Kids Can, 2011) and Up We Grow! A Year in the Life of a Small, Local Farm (Kids Can, 2010), both with Brian Harris (photos). She also wrote Cooking with Bear: A Story and Recipes from the Forest (Groundwood, 2019), illustrated by Lisa Cinar. With more than twenty books for children, her title Lily and the Mixed-up Letters was chosen by IBBY as an Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities. She has also won the Information Book Award from the Children’s Literature Roundtable of Canada.
Irene N. Watts provided the foreword for Deborah Hodge's Rescuing the Children: The Story of the Kindertransport (Tundra, 2012). Including paintings and drawings by Hans Jackson, Rescuing the Children provides childhood photos of individuals profiled along with quotations from the survivors. "Although I'm not teaching any more," Hodge says, "I still feel like I'm talking to my students whenever I write a book."
BOOKS:
Beavers (Kids Can, 1998)
Eagles (Kids Can, 2000)
Ants (Kids Can, 2004)
Bees (Kids Can, 2004)
Up We Grow! A Year in the Life of a Small, Local Farm (Kids Can, 2010)
Watch me Grow! A Down to Earth Look at Growing Food in the City (Kids Can, 2011)
Rescuing the Children: The Story of the Kindertransport (Tundra, 2012)
Cooking with Bear: A Story and Recipes from the Forest (Groundwood, 2019) $19.95 978-1-77306-074-3. Illustrated by Lisa Cinar.
Lily and the Mixed-up Letters
[BCBW 2019] "Kidlit" HolocaustLit
Irene N. Watts provided the foreword for Deborah Hodge's Rescuing the Children: The Story of the Kindertransport (Tundra, 2012). Including paintings and drawings by Hans Jackson, Rescuing the Children provides childhood photos of individuals profiled along with quotations from the survivors. "Although I'm not teaching any more," Hodge says, "I still feel like I'm talking to my students whenever I write a book."
BOOKS:
Beavers (Kids Can, 1998)
Eagles (Kids Can, 2000)
Ants (Kids Can, 2004)
Bees (Kids Can, 2004)
Up We Grow! A Year in the Life of a Small, Local Farm (Kids Can, 2010)
Watch me Grow! A Down to Earth Look at Growing Food in the City (Kids Can, 2011)
Rescuing the Children: The Story of the Kindertransport (Tundra, 2012)
Cooking with Bear: A Story and Recipes from the Forest (Groundwood, 2019) $19.95 978-1-77306-074-3. Illustrated by Lisa Cinar.
Lily and the Mixed-up Letters
[BCBW 2019] "Kidlit" HolocaustLit
Articles: 2 Articles for this author
Simple Machines (KidsCan $11.95)
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The wheel and other simple machines are explored through experiments for five to nine year olds in Simple Machines (KidsCan $11.95) by educational consultant Deborah Hodge. It's the third volume in the Starting with Science series. Photos are by Ray Boudreau.
[BCBCW 1997]
Whales: Killer Whales, Blue Whales and More & Wild Dogs
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A coyote travels 60 km/h, or faster than a car on a city street. A newborn Blue whale is as long as a school bus. Deborah Hodge, an instructional designer for B.C. Ministry of Education, has added two new titles to the KidsCan Press Wildlife Series ($14.95 each). Whales: Killer Whales, Blue Whales and More describes anatomy, habitat and migration routes. Wild Dogs looks at wolves, coyotes and foxes. All information is geared to five-to-ten year olds. Both books are illustrated by Pat Stephens. A free teacher's guide is available.
[BCBW 1997]
