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Joan Bodger
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Joan Bodger juggles the roles of writer, storyteller, and Gestalt therapist. She grew up in a family that treasured books and storytelling. She studied storytelling at Columbia University in 1948 and co-founded the world-renowned Storytelling School of Toronto. She has published a children’s novel, Clever-Lazy (Tundra), as well as How the Heather Looks, a travelogue that explores the English sites found in children’s books (McClelland & Stewart). She is presently working on her autobiography. Joan Bodger lives in Toronto.
Mark Lang is a painter, illustrator, and graphic designer. His has created illustrations for The Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Village... Read More
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Written by Joan Bodger
Format: Hardcover, 264 pages
On Sale: March 27, 1999
Price: $23.95
Over forty years ago, Joan Bodger, her husband, and two children went to Britain on a very special family quest. They were seeking the world that they knew and loved through children’s books.
In Winnie-the-Pooh Country, Mrs. Milne showed them the way to “that enchanted place on the top of the Forest... Read more >
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Written by Joan Bodger
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 27, 1997
Price: $7.95
Far away, and on the other side of time, there lived Clever-Lazy, an explorer who loved to invent marvellous and useful things. She longed for a chance to do nothing but invent.
When that chance came, it was not quite what she expected. Not everyone understood her inventions. Sometimes they puzzled... Read more >
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Written by Joan Bodger
Illustrated by Mark Lang
Introduction by Ken Setterington
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2003
Price: $9.95
Selected by the Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education as one of the 2004 Best Children’s Books for the Year
The late Joan Bodger was known internationally as one of our foremost storytellers. At the heart of her repertoire were the great medieval tales of lords and ladies, treachery... Read more >
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A Joyous Journey to the British Sources of Children's Books
Written by Joan Bodger
Format: Trade Paperback, 264 pages
On Sale: February 16, 2010
Price: $16.50
Over forty years ago, Joan Bodger, her husband, and two children went to Britain on a very special family quest. They were seeking the world that they knew and loved through children’s books.
In Winnie-the-Pooh Country, Mrs. Milne showed them the way to “that enchanted place on the top of the Forest... Read more >
A Joyous Journey to the British Sources of Children's Books
Written by Joan Bodger
Format: eBook, 264 pages
On Sale: February 16, 2010
Price: $16.50
Over forty years ago, Joan Bodger, her husband, and two children went to Britain on a very special family quest. They were seeking the world that they knew and loved through children’s books.
In Winnie-the-Pooh Country, Mrs. Milne showed them the way to “that enchanted place on the top of the Forest... Read more >









