Ann Love was born and raised in Toronto. She earned her Master of Arts at the University of Toronto in 1970 and helped found the environmental group Pollution Probe there. She moved to Yukon where, together with her husband and others, established the Carcross Community Education Center – an alternative, co-educational high school. She returned to Toronto in 1975, and while mostly a stay-home mom, Ann worked as managing editor of the medical journal, Stroke, and did part-time teaching. She returned to the regular classroom in 1991 and taught in elementary schools north of Toronto until 2004. She lives on the edge of a forest and likes to travel to wild places whenever possible. Her first book was published in 1990. A number of her works are co-authored by her sister Jane Drake.
PUBLICATIONS:
Alien Invaders: Species that Threaten our World. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2008.
Sweet! the Delicious Story of Candy. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2007.
Trash Action: a Fresh Look at Garbage. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2006.
The Kids Book of the Night Sky. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2004.
Co-authors Ann Love and Jane Drake explore with students their research methods and non-fiction writing. They discuss where they get ideas, the writing process, stories about being authors and writing partners – all supported with examples from their works. Interactive and media components in presentations include overheads, slides and storytelling. They tailor presentations to the curriculum Grade 3 – Rural Communities (Mining, Fishing, Farming, and Forestry); Grade 4 – Provinces and Territories (The Kids Book of the Far North and Cool Woods); Grade 5 – Early Civilizations (The Kids Book of the Night Sky); Grade 6 – Solar System (The Kids Book of the Night Sky) and Aboriginal Peoples and Early Explorers (Cool Woods and The Kids Book of the Far North); Grades 7-9 – Canadian Issues (Cool Woods).
Workshop Description:
Writing with precision – how to write good instructions – using The Kids Campfire Book and other activity books written by the authors; Writing persuasive non-fiction – interest everyone in your favourite subject, from bellybutton link to space probes…; Writing narrative non-fiction.
