Cyndi Sand-Eveland
Auteur de Dear Toni
Œuvres de Cyndi Sand-Eveland
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Canada
- Lieux de résidence
- Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
- Courte biographie
- Tundra author Cyndi Sand-Eveland has worked with elementary-aged children for the past fifteen years as a teaching assistant for students with learning disabilities and ESL students. She has led storytelling and journal writing workshops for primary and intermediate students. She has also worked as a freelance storyteller, children’s library assistant, and sign language interpreter. Dear Toni and her original poetry were recently included in a workshop to inspire students to begin their own creative adventures in storytelling and journal writing. She currently lives on a farm just outside of Nelson, BC.
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Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 4
- Membres
- 88
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 25
- ISBN
- 8
This was a fairly good book, though I had a few issues with some plot points. While the characterization was strong, I did find Mel a little too good to be true at times. Also, while I can't help but like the fact that Mel retreats to the library for peace and safety because she loves to read, I had a hard time buying the idea that they would hire her, even for just a few hours a week, particularly to do preschool story time. Researching Canadian minimum age laws (I believe the story is set in Canada, though that's never overtly stated), I see that it is legal in some provinces to hire 12-year-olds, but it's such a strange thing to do that it just threw me out of the story. Those plot quibbles weren't enough to keep me from enjoying the book and finishing it off in one evening, though. If you enjoy stories about plucky children overcoming bleak circumstances like poverty and homelessness, this book is for you.… (plus d'informations)