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Rukhsana Khan
  photo: Irfan Alli, 1996
 
Rukhsana was born in Lahore, Pakistan and emigrated to Canada at the age of three. She began writing for community magazines and went on to write for Adam's World children's videos. Rukhsana is a member of CANSCAIP, SCBWI and the Storytellers School of Toronto. She lives in Toronto with her husband and has four children and a grandaughter.
 
PUBLICATIONS:
Silly Chicken. Viking, 2005
Ruler of the Courtyard. Viking Children's Books, 2003.
Dahling If You Luv Me Would You Please Please Smile. Toronto: Stoddart Kids, 1999.
Muslim Child. illus. Patty Gallinger. Toronto: Napoleon Publishing, 1999.
Bedtime Ba-a-alk. illus. Kristi Frost. Toronto: Stoddart Kids, 1998.
The Roses in My Carpets. illus. R. Himler. Toronto: Stoddart Kids, 1998.
 
AWARDS:
Ezra Jack Keats award for best new illustrator for Silly Chicken, 2006
Won Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Honour Award for Dahling if You Luv Me Would You Please Please Smile, 2001
Nominated for Red Maple award for Dahling if You Luv Me Would You Please Please Smile, 2000
Nominated for Ruth Schwartz award for Dahling if You Luv Me Would You Please Please Smile, 2000
International Board on Books for Young People (I.B.B.Y) Janus Korzcak Award for The Roses in My Carpets, 1998.
 
GENRE: Fiction
AUDIENCE SIZE: 100
GRADES: K - 12
LENGTH: 60 min.
CITY: Toronto, ON
PHONE: 416-754-2372
EMAIL: rukhsana@rukhsanakhan.com
WEB: www.rukhsanakhan.com
Nothern OAC WITS Participant
OAC WRITERS-IN-THE-SCHOOLS
PROGRAM FEES
SUBSIDIZED FEES:
ONE SESSION: $ 150
TWO SESSIONS: $ 400
THREE SESSIONS: $ 600
FOUR SESSIONS: $ 850
UNSUBSIDIZED FEES:
ONE SESSION: $ 250
TWO SESSIONS: $ 500
THREE SESSIONS: $ 750
FOUR SESSIONS: $ 1000
Presentation Description:
Through humour Rukhsana deals with such difficult subjects as child refugees, poverty, war, and sponsorship. Includes a visual tour of an Afghan refugee camp.
Workshop Description:
Story structure; workshop grades 4-8.
 
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