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What originally made you want to become an author? I actually started out as a playwright, writing plays for children. […]

What originally made you want to become an author ? I’ve liked writing short and fanciful stories (often unfinished) since I […]

Where do you find the inspiration for your books? I’m someone who has LOTS of story ideas. Inspiration can come […]

Where do you find the inspiration for your books? Are you inspired to create the pictures or the story first? […]

Where do you find the inspiration for your books? Are you inspired to create the pictures or the story first? […]

Where do you find the inspiration for your books? I collect inspiration like a magpie collects shiny trinkets. One of […]

Every month, Telling Tales releases a simple challenge for readers and writers. Our Creativity Club allows teachers and homeschoolers to […]

What made you interested in becoming an illustrator? Books and drawing have been constants in my life. I love reading […]

Where do you find the inspiration for your writing? Everywhere. I don’t tend to plan my stories; they come from […]

What made you interested in becoming an illustrator? Honestly, I have always had a love for storytelling, painting, and drawing, and […]

Where do you find the inspiration for your writing? Everywhere! Paying attention to what’s going on around me. From other […]

Where do you find the inspiration for your writing? I find inspiration everywhere. An old man running for a streetcar, […]

We were so lucky to this month to get the chance to talk with Jessica Rose, author of Let’s Get […]

Where do you find the inspiration for your books? Farah: It’s hard to be what you can’t see — that’s […]

We had the opportunity to chat with Erin Bow, the author of Simon Sort of Says. Read on to learn more […]

We had the opportunity to chat with Lana Button, the author of What if Bunny’s Not A Bully? Read on to […]

We had the opportunity to chat with Nadia L. Hohn, the editor of The Antiracist Kitchen and author of Malaika, […]

In this video, Laura and her daughter Ruby talk about the importance of seeingourselves in the stories we read They […]

Laura and her daughter Ruby have a new series called Dragonfly Tales. They spent the summer reading a lot of great books from our Telling Tales authors. In this video, they share some books for kids ages 8 to teen—and all the stories include elements of mystery!

It is a particular joy to be able to lose oneself in a good book — to hear the characters’ […]

Reading has the ability to transport us from our current reality to a world of fantasy, different locations and adventures […]

One classroom writes the story of Glitchen, Santa’s Mischievous computer elf! Based on their (mis)adventures experienced this year!

One of our favourite ways to appreciate the outdoors is to explore one of our favourite locations…RBG Canada.Read more

Tiria was an ordinary-ish fairy. No fairy could be completely ordinary, but she was close. Too close. There was a story about a fairy who became completely ordinary and disappeared forever…

Read on to learn about some books that you won’t have to “bug” your kids to read (we love a good pun).

April is Poetry Month, and we’re here to celebrate. Not only is poetry is great to read, but it also provides children an opportunity to develop crucial reading and comprehension skills.

Volunteers are the heart of so many organizations, businesses and local groups and this week we are celebrating all they do for us!