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Barbara Greenwood

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Inspired by her own early fascination with historical tales, author Barbara Greenwood specializes in writing historical fiction and biographies for children and young people. When she was young she couldn't find novels about Canada's past. Now she immerses herself in the subject: reading old diaries, journals, and letters, visiting museums, doing in-depth research at libraries, visiting the areas where her books are set. The information gleaned from her research becomes grist for the background details and settings of novels which emphasize character development and the human side of history. The stories she creates are those she would have liked to read at age ten or twelve or fourteen. The reams of research "left-over" from her first two books was used in A Pioneer Story, an award-winning book which mixes fact, fiction, and hands-on activities as it delves into Ontario's past. Barbara Greenwood studied at the University of Toronto. She taught elementary school for many years and, later, taught creative writing to high-school and adult students. She has been president of CANSCAIP and has edited many CANSCAIP publications. Many of her short stories and articles have been published in the Canadian Children's Annual and educational anthologies.

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Barbara Greenwood

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Books from Barbara Greenwood

Anne Of Green Gables (Young Reader's Classics)

The Kids Book of Canada

Speak Up! Speak Out!

The Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad

A Pioneer Sampler: The Daily Life of a Pioneer Family in 1840

Factory Girl

A Question of Loyalty

Gold Rush Fever: A Story of the Klondike, 1898

Pioneer Crafts

Spy in the Shadows

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