Jill Bryant
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Jill Bryant is a writer who specializes in children's
non-fiction. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Jill grew up in Elora and Eden
Mills, Ontario. She holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree with a
major in English (Applied Studies option) and a minor in Drama from
the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario. After university,
she spent ten months travelling overland from England to India with
her now-husband, Daryn. A year later, Jill and Daryn travelled to South-East
Asia for three months and then taught English in Japan for one year.
Jill has worked as an in-house editor for former Toronto publishers
Houghton Mifflin Canada, D.C. Heath, and Somerville House Books. She
currently freelances for many publishers, including Scholastic, Pearson,
and Nelson. Her first book, Sew Your Own Bean Bag Friends,
was published in 1998.
Jill, Daryn, and their daughter Zoë moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia
in 2000 when Daryn accepted a position at King's College. Their second
daughter, Mari, was born in Halifax. They spent four years there, living
on the ocean. Next, Jill's family moved to Princeton, New Jersey for
a year and then to Manchester, UK for two years. Jill and her family spent the 2007-2008 school year in Berlin, Germany. In August, 2008, Jill and her family moved to Kingston, Ontario where they hope to stay for many years! |
Awards
2002 Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award, Honours, Making
Shadow Puppets.
2003 Parents' Choice, Approved Award Winner, Making
Shadow Puppets.
2003 Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice 2003 list,
Making Shadow Puppets.
2004 Hackmatack Children's
Choice Book Award, Shortlist, Amazing Women Athletes.
Selected List of Publications
Children's Books
Backyard
Circus. Annick Press, 2006. ISBN 13: 978-1-55451-011-5 and/or
1-55451-011-2.
"a dynamic guide to creating a circus in your backyard ... bursting
with good ideas."
-- Quill & Quire, November 2006
"Readable, enjoyable, practical and informative,
Backyard Circus is an excellent classroom resource and reading book."
-- CM Magazine, Vol. XIII No. 7, November 24, 2006
Making Shadow Puppets. Kids Can Press, 2002. (co-author)
ISBN 1-55337-028-7.
"...this book is excellent. It provides enough background
for interest and certainly sufficient directions for success."
-- CM, Vol. IX No. 18, May 9, 2003. 
Amazing Women Athletes. Second Story Press, 2001. ISBN 1-896764-44-4.
"This well-written collection, which includes
photographs, informative sidebars, and a bibliography of sources,
websites, and suggested further reading, will be a valuable addition
to school library collections." -- Quill & Quire,
February 2002.
Make Your Own Bean Bag Bears. Somerville House Books, 1999.
ISBN 1-894042-86-7.
Sew Your Own Bean Bag Friends. Somerville House Books, 1998.
ISBN 1-894042-20-4.
Adult Books
 The
Wilderness Cookbook: A Guide to Good Food on the Trail.
Second Story
Press, 1999. (co-author) ISBN 1-896764-18-5.
"The Wilderness Cookbook is the perfect
guide to having a satisfying trail adventure." -- Bruce
Trail News, Autumn 1999.
Magazine Articles
A Short, Sweet History of Ice Cream" and "Lickety-Yum: A World of Frozen Fun," KNOW, July/Aug. 2009.
"Red Pandas, KNOW, Mar./Apr. 2009.
"Ice Device," KNOW, Nov./Dec. 2008.
"Blades of Bone" and "People Power," KNOW, July/Aug. 2008.
"Medicine and Mummies" and "Fun and Games in Ancient Egypt," KNOW, Mar./Apr. 2008.
"Your Hair-story," KNOW, Jan./Feb. 2008.
"SOS: Save Our Sharks," KNOW, Sep./Oct. 2007.
"The Very Clicky Caterpillar," KNOW, Sep./Oct. 2007.
"The Sweetest Beans," KNOW, May 2007.
"Writing on Stone," KNOW, Mar./Apr. 2007.
"How Do Ventriloquists Talk with Closed Lips?" Owl, Sept. 1998.
You can send mail to Jill Bryant
c/o Writers' Federation of Nova
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