Frieda Wishinsky Explained

Frieda Wishinsky
Birth Date:	14 July 1948
Birth Place:	Munich
Alma Mater:	City College of New York (BA) Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology (MSc)
Occupation:	Author
Years Active:	1990 - present

Frieda Wishinsky (born July 14, 1948) is a German-born Canadian educator and author of children's books.

The daughter of Polish-Jewish parents, she was born in Munich and grew up in Manhattan. She received a BA in International Relations from City College of New York and a MSc Special Education from Ferkauf Graduate School. She has taught special education for children and adults in the United States, Israel and Canada. She now lives in Toronto.^[1]

Wishinsky's first book was Oonga Boonga (1990). Her work has been translated into French, German, Hungarian, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, Korean, Spanish and Catalan.^{[2] [3]}

Selected work

Source:^[2]

• Each One Special (1998) illustrated by Werner Zimmermann, shortlisted for a Governor General's Award^[4]
• Please, Louise! (2007) illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay, received the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award^[5] and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award^[6]
• Maggie Can't Wait (2009) illustrated by Dean Griffiths, received the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize^[7]
• You're Mean, Lily Jean (2009) illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton, shortlisted for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award
• Explorers Who Made It…or Died Trying (2011) illustrated by Bill Dickson
• Halifax Explodes (2011) illustrated by P. A. Lewis-MacDougall
• Profiles: Freedom Heroines (2012) was named a top ten book for the Amelia Bloomer Book List in 2014^[8]
• A History of just About Everything (2013) with Elizabeth MacLeod, illustrated by Leng Qin, finalist for the Norma Fleck Award^[9] and was named a Best Book by the Bank Street Children's Book Committee
• Avis Dolphin (2015) illustrated by Willow Dawson, shortlisted for the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire Canada Violet Downey Book Award^[10]

External links

• Web site: Frieda Wishinsky's web site.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frieda Wishinsky . Canadian Review of Materials . University of Manitoba.
2. Web site: Frieda Wishinsky . The Rights Factory.
3. Web site: Frieda Wishinsky . University of New Brunswick.
4. Web site: Frieda Wishinsky . Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers.
5. Web site: Award-Winning Books of the year 2008 . Ice Floes and Frost . Library and Archives Canada.
6. Web site: Canadian Children's Fiction Award Winners.
7. Web site: Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize . Canadian Children's Book Centre.
8. Web site: Feminist Task Force. 2017-01-13. 2014 Amelia Bloomer List. 2021-04-29. American Library Association. en.
9. Web site: Previous Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction Winners and Finalists . Canadian Children's Book Centre.
10. Web site: Allan Stratton, Frieda Wishinsky make 2016 IODE Violet Downey Book Award shortlist . Quill & Quire.