Groundwood
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Groundwood Books is an independent Canadian children's publisher based in Toronto. Our books are read and loved by children all over the globe. Our authors and illustrators are highly acclaimed both in Canada and internationally, and our books are loved by children around the world.
Groundwood
4y ago
I was deeply saddened to hear of the death of the artist
Richard Rudnicki. I was privileged to work with Richard on two very different
but wonderful picture books. He had an assuredly authoritative, unflappable,
eminently professional approach to illustration, and it was a joy to work with
him. I found myself envying his students at numerous moments during our
projects together.
In 2010, Groundwood published the first picture book
celebrating the Canadian anti-segregation heroine Viola Desmond. Richard’s
fearless, luxuriantly brushed style brought this captivating story to life and
to youn ..read more
Groundwood
5y ago
Kyo Maclear, author of Operatic, interviews Adam Platek “the real life Mr. K.”
Operatic has two muses or inspirations.
The first is the great diva, opera singer Maria Callas. The other inspiration
is a middle school music teacher named Adam Platek — much less known, but (to
my mind) no less fabulous.
Mr.
Platek is the rare teacher in my parenting life I actually look forward to seeing.
I had two sons in his music class, at various times, and in both cases, he made
the experience of “parent-teacher interview” a delight rather than a dread.
Mr.
Platek didn’t start off wanting to teach ..read more