From Your Backyard to Antarctica
Suitable for grades 4 to 7
Biologist and wildlife educator Évelyne Daigle visits penguin colonies in Antarctica. Award winning children's author Margriet Ruurs explores wildlife in our backyards, from bats and mice to skunks and hummingbirds.
Writer Bios
Évelyne Daigle has worked as a biologist and scientific interpreter at the Montreal Biodôme since 1992. Her first book, As Long As There Are Whales, was a finalist for the ASPCA Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award. For her last book, The World of Penguins, she accompanied scientists and students on an expedition to the Antarctic, giving her an opportunity to study firsthand the habitat of the creatures she has been studying in captivity for almost 15 years. Evelyne Daigle lives in Quebec. (bio current at February 2010)
Margriet Ruurs is the author of more than 25 books for children. She has a master’s degree in education and has spent her adult life both writing books for children and teaching children about books. Many of her books, including Wild Babies and A Mountain Alphabet, reflect her interest in the environment and in wildlife. Ruurs has lived all over North America and now makes her home in Oregon. (bio current at February 2010)
Books Discussed
The World of Penguins by Evelyne Daigle
Wild Babies by Margriet Ruurs
Mountain Alphabet by Margriet Ruurs
Acknowledgements
Taped live at the 2007 Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival.The creation of this video was made possible by CBC British Columbia, Langara College Film Arts Alumni, the Vancouver International Writers Festival, TELUS.
