Her specialty is letting her listeners know how much she cares about them. She gives teacher workshops and does conference presentations. Jan loves to do school visits and is prepared to travel widely to remote and urban locations. She has a new book coming out in 2007 entitled The Stories at the Door-a work of rollicking fun and humour. New Tales for Canada and set down the true story of Pa's Harvest as heard from another teller. She has contributed to the Dear Canada series through her book Winter of Peril.Īn accomplished storyteller with a passionate concern for oral traditions, she has produced the folktale collection Out of the Everywhere. Her titles include such classic picture books as Very Last First Time and The Auction. Jan has been part of the world of Canadian children's literature for thirty years and more. She has a love for the Canadian wilderness and, when not writing, can often be found canoeing, cross-country skiing, hiking or rock climbing, depending on the season. The plants and creatures in her Orca book The Twelve Days of Summer can all be found in her backyard. Jan Andrews lives at the end of the road on a lake in Eastern Ontario.
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