Join us online as Eric Walters visits and shares his presentation that blends drama, storytelling, audience participation and interaction. Time will be allowed during this presentation for a Q & A!
About: Eric Walters
Eric was born on March 3, 1957. He lives in Guelph his wife, Anita, and has three children. It all began in 1993 when Eric was teaching a Grade 5 class. His students were reluctant readers and writers, and Eric began to write to encourage them to become more involved in literature. His first novel, Stand Your Ground, was created for this class. Since his first novel, Eric has exploded on the children's and young adult scene. Over the past two decades, he has published 114 more novels and picture books, with five more scheduled in the coming years.
Eric's novels are always enthusiastically received by children and young adults and critically acclaimed by teachers, reviewers, and parents. He has won 100 awards which include eleven separate children's choice awards. He is the only three-time winner of both the Ontario Library Association Silver Birch and four-time winner of the Red Maple Award in which over 250,000 students participate and vote the winner. In November 2013, he received the prestigious Children's Africana Book Award & Best Book for young children for his book The Matatu. In 2017 he won the prestigious Sakura Medal given to the favorite book of International students in Japan.
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