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Canadian children's author and poet
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Annette LeBox (born April 21, 1943) is a children's writer, novelist, poet, and environmental activist.[1]
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University of British Columbia (M.F.A.)
Simon Fraser University (The Writer's Studio)
Annette LeBox | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 21, 1943 Bognor Regis, England |
| Occupation | Children's writer, novelist, poet, environmental activist |
| Language | English |
| Education | Simon Fraser University (B.Ed.) University of British Columbia (M.F.A.) Simon Fraser University (The Writer's Studio) |
| Website | |
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Life
LeBox was born in England during the Second World War. When her father, a Canadian soldier, was killed on Juno Beach on D-Day, her mother, a British war widow, brought her to Brockville, Ontario where she was raised. She moved to British Columbia, Canada, in the seventies and currently resides in Maple Ridge, dividing her time between the city and her remote cabin in the Cariboo grasslands. She has published six children's picture books and two YA novels.[1]
Publications
- Miss Rafferty's Rainbow Socks, illustrated by Heather Holbrook. HarperCollins. 1996. ISBN 0-00224372-5.[2]
- The Princess who Danced with Cranes, illustrated by Kasia Charko. Second Story Press. 1997. ISBN 0-929005-88-0.[3]
- Miracle at Willowcreek. Second Story Press. 1998. ISBN 1-896764-04-5.[1]
- Wild Bog Tea, illustrated by Harvey Chan. Groundwood Books. 2001. ISBN 0-88899-406-0.[4]
- Salmon Creek, illustrated by Karen Reczch. Groundwood Books. 2002. ISBN 978-0-88899-458-5.[5]
- Circle of Cranes. Dial Books for Young Readers, Penguin. 2012. ISBN 978-0-8037-3443-2.[6]
- Peace is an Offering, illustrated by Stephanie Graegin. Dial Books for Young Readers, Penguin. 2015. ISBN 978-0-8037-4091-4.[7]
- Mother Aspen: A Story of How Forests Cooperate and Communicate, illustrated by Crystal Smith. Groundwood Books. 2024. ISBN 978-1-77306-936-4.[8]
Awards
- 2001: Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award Nominee[1]
- 2002: Chocolate Lily Award Nominee[1]
- 2003: Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize Winner (for Salmon Creek)[9]
- 2003: Skipping Stones Multicultural and Ecological Magazine Honour Award[1]
- 2003: Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Honour Book Award[1]
- 2015: Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize (2016 Winner for Peace is an Offering)[10]
- 2017, 2018, 2019: Selected for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library[11]
Other work
LeBox is also an environmental activist. She was a founding member of a local environmental group, the Pitt Polder Preservation Society, and a major stakeholder in the conservation of two regional parks, Blaney Bog and Codd Wetland. These ecosystems harbor Greater Sandhill cranes and coho salmon.[1][5]
As a poet, LeBox has published 45 poems in literary magazines.[1]
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