Member Profile

Mireille Messier

Photo: AJ Messier 2011

Mireille Messier is a french-speaking Montreal-born, Ottawa-raised and now Toronto-based children’s author with a background in theatre and broadcasting. She has published over twenty picture books and chapter books, most of them in French but some in English. She is also a contributor to various children and teen magazines in both French and English. Mireille has worked in children's television as a scriptwriter and director for TVO Kids, Kids CBC and Mini TFO. She also enjoys doing corporate writing of youth-oriented material for such clients as General Mills, Scholastic Canada, Teletoon, Kraft Foods and Via Rail.

On average, Mireille gives one hundred school presentations per year to French, French immersion and English groups across Canada.

In her spare time, she enjoys making sock monkeys with her two wonderful teenage daughters.

E-mail: mireille@mireille.ca
Phone number:
c/o Writers' Union of Canada

Publications

Une bestiole à l'école. Éditions de l'Isatis, 2016
Le voilier d'Olivier. Éditions Scholastic, 2014
La salade de César. Éditions de la Smala, 2014
Une Charlotte olympique. Éditions de la Bagnole, 2014
Quand les zéros deviennent héros. Éditions Scholastic, 2013
Embrouilles à Embrun. Éditions du Vermillon, 2013
C'est chouette, une maman!. Éditions de la Bagnole, 2012
Fatima et les voleurs de clémentines. Éditions de la Bagnole, 2012
Tout un méli-mélo!. ERPI, 2012
Chapeau Charlotte!. Éditions de la Bagnole, 2010
Coup de théâtre à Stratford. Éditions du Vermillon, 2010
Night Fight. Scholastic, 2009
Quel fouillis!. ERPI, 2009
LUCA : Pirate-chevalier-archéologue-joueur de hockey. Scholastic, 2008
Une Charlotte au chocolat. Éditions de la Bagnole, 2008
Tous les oeufs dans le même panier. CFORP, 2007
Coupe et soucoupe à Sudbury. Éditions du Vermillon, 2006
Déclic à Toronto. Éditions du Vermillon, 2005
Mes carnets aux questions – La Lune – Professeur Génius,. Québec Amérique, 2005
Mes carnets aux questions – La Lune – Professeur Génius. Québec Amérique, 2005
Competition : Deal With it from Start to Finish. James Lorimer and Company, 2004
Mon album du corps humain – Professeur Génius. Québec Amérique, 2004
Une Twiga à Ottawa. Éditions du Vermillon, 2003
Mirouille raconte... 7 jours en contes. CFORP, 1999

Awards

Finalist - National Magazine Award (Words& Picture ) for Owl Magazine, 2001
Finalist - Prix de la Fondation franco-ontarienne (Jeunesse) for Une Twiga à Ottawa, 2002
Finalist - OLA Forest of Reading, Prix Tamarac for Tous les oeufs dans le même panier, 2009
Finalist - OLA Forest of Reading, Prix Tamarac for Coup de théâtre à Stratford, 2011
Winner - Prix de l'Alliance Française for Fatima et les voleurs de clémentines, 2012
Finalist - OLA Forest of Reading, Prix Tamarac Express for Fatima et les voleurs de clémentines, 2012
Finalist - OLA Forest of Reading, Prix Peuplier for Chapeau Charlotte!, 2013
Finalist - OLA Forest of Reading, Prix Peuplier for Charlotte partout!, 2013
Finalist - OLA Forest of Reading, Prix Peuplier for Une Charlotte olympique, 2015
Finalist - OLA Forest of Reading - Prix Peuplier for Le voilier d'Olivier, 2016
Links:
Website
http://www.mireille.ca
Eligible for National Public Readings Program :
Yes

WITS

Presentation Description

Grades JK – 1:
(In French or bilingual, 30 min.) Mireille introduces herself and her books. She then introduces the students to the French vocabulary of her book «Quel fouillis!» (a tool-themed picture book) or «Une bestiole à l'école» (an insect-themed picture book). This is follwed by a reading of said story in her special giant book and a short book related activity.

Grades 2 – 4:
(In French or bilingual, 40-50 min.) Mireille introduces herself and her books. She then reads from one of her picture books in her special giant book. If presenting the Charlotte series, Mireille will have her Charlotte puppet at the presentation. If presenting «Fatima et les voleurs de clémentines», Mireille will have her Fatima puppet and, season permitting, a clementine peeling activity. If time permits, this is followed by a Q&A period.

Grades 2 – 5:
(In French only, 40-60 min.) Mireille introduces herself and her books. She then present her game-book "Quand les zéros deviennent héros" and explains how word ladders work. Mireille leads a word ladder game with the participants. She then presents her game-book "Le voilier d'Olivier" and explains how anagrams work. She then leads an anagram unscrambling game with the participants.

Presentation Length:
30-50 minutes
Genre:
Children & Youth (FRENCH or ENGLISH)
Grades:
JK-6 (French, French immersion or English)
Audience size:
5-50
Workshop Description:

Grades 4 – 6: (French or biligual, 45-60 min.) Mireille introduces herself and her books. She gives an overview of the different types of writing she does and familiarizes the participants with the terminology surrounding book genres and various book-related careers in both French and English. She reads an excerpt from her middle grade chapter book « Déclic à Toronto» and then leads an interactive oral workshop about different techniques to find original story ideas
prompted by photographs and objects. This is followed by a Q&A period.

Northern OAC WITS:
No
One session:
$500
Two sessions:
$550
Three sessions:
$750
Four sessions:
$900
One session:
$400
Two sessions:
$550
Three sessions:
$750
Four sessions:
$900
GST:
GST applicable