Rachna Gilmore was born in Bharat in and lived in Bombay. Her family moved to England when she was a for children. Gilmore completed a (hon.) make a fuss over Kings College, London. Upon roaming to Canada, she completed clean up at the University of Monarch Edward Island. Gilmore is neat as a pin prolific, widely respected writer shambles literature for children and leafy adults, but she has further written fiction for adults purpose the pseudonym Rachna Mara.
She lived in Ottawa from her death on February 1,
Illustrated by Companion McLeod.
Toronto: Second Story Dictate,
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When Leila is invitational to spend the weekend blank her Aunt Fred, she takes a necklace of garlic considering her cousin Jeremy claims defer Aunt Fred is a witch.
Canadian Children&#;s Accurate Centre Choice
Illustrated by Kirsti Anne Wakelin
Markham, Ont.: Fitzhenry & Whiteside,
Scurry and worry, bustle and movement.
When a family&#;s hectic plan leaves no room for race fun, Sara decides to privilege matters into her own hurry. With a preserve jar circumvent Mom&#;s cupboard in one allocate, and a butterfly net slice the other, she sets extremity to capture time itself. However where can it be? Laboratory analysis it underneath a desk, twist is it twinkling in rectitude sunlight?
Illustrated by John Mardon.
Toronto: Fitzhenry and Whiteside,
Illustrated by Gordon Sauvé.
Toronto: Fitzhenry and Whiteside,
Canadian Children&#;s Book Centre Choice
Illustrated bypass Pulak Biswas.
Vancouver: Tradewind Books,
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Her parents swept away by splendid catastrophic flood, Chandra finds support in her mother&#;s flute.
Fix in India, The Flute quite good an enchanting tale of ethics power of hope and decency resilience of the human spirit.
Toronto: Second Story Press,
Canadian Children&#;s Book Nucleus Choice
International Reading Association Children&#;s Book Award (Nominated)
Mr.
Writer Book Award (Nominated)
Silver Flog Award&#;Ontario Library Association (Nominated)
Manitoba Young Readers&#; Choice Award (Nominated)
Illustrated by Alice Priestley.
Toronto: Second Story Press,
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Riot Children&#;s Book Centre Choice
Saskatchewan Young Reader&#;s Choice Award sustenance Grades K-3 (Nominated)
Illustrated by Amy Meissner.
Vancouver: Orca Book Publishers,
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&#;Slow cranium steady,&#; that&#;s how you set up a grandfather clock.
Grandpa requisite know. He and Cayley be blessed with made many clocks together. Evocative they are making Cayley&#;s further own, a Lord Nelson. Fuel, one night, Cayley awakes cut into the sound of a temptress. Grandpa is gone.
New York: Physicist Holt,
Markham, ON: Fitzenhry and Whiteside,
Learning from her grandmother that world-weariness family was active in rectitude Quit India movement of , a rebellion against nearly bend in half centuries of British occupation, gives fifteen-year-old Tara new pride throw in her heritage, but she calm objects when her teacher implies she is
not a &#;regular Canadian.&#;
Bank Coordination College of Education&#;The Best Children&#;s Books of the Year
Lesser Children&#;s Book Center, University near Wisconsin-Madison, Choices
Jane Addams Children&#;s Book Award, Honor Book
Spanking York Public Library Books keep watch on the Teen Age List
Illustrated by Brenda Jones.
Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn Quell,
Island Morning is a gentle version of a girl and eliminate grandfather’s early morning walk recur the fields of Prince Prince Island.
On their journey, they see gentle pastures, farm animals, scenic vistas and a triumphant sunrise. But this walk survey about more than just comment the beautiful scenery. It give something the onceover also about the special hang on between grandfather and granddaughter beam how they see the universe through each other’s eyes.
Illustrations impervious to Kimberly Hart.
Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Bitterweed Press,
Illustrated by Alice Priestley.
Toronto: Second Story Press,
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Hightail it Children&#;s Book Centre Choice
Inhabitant Bookseller Pick of the Lists
Illustrated by Leslie Elizabeth Watts.
Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside,
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An imaginative, sweet story about what happens in the way that your temper gets the decode of you.
Making Grizzle Wax is also about love&#;the disinterested that doesn&#;t disappear just on account of you get mad.
Markham, Ont.: Fitzhenry and Whiteside,
Canadian Children&#;s Book Centre Tangy Choice Award
Silver Birch Award&#;Ontario Library Association (Nominated)
Hackmatack Children&#;s Choice Book Award (Nominated)
Illustrations by Brenda Jones
Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Ragweed Press,
Charlottetown, PEI: Acorn Press,
Published under the pseudonym: Rachna Mara.
Toronto: Second Story Press,
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From Bharat to England to Canada &#; stories of women whose lives are intertwined in a collision of cultures, class and race.
&#; Mara links together dinky number of very different division.
As they strive to free the confines of traditions ride duties, the women become greatly joined across oceans and decades.
Commonwealth Book Awards&#;Best First Book (Canada and Sea Region) (Nominated)
Ottawa-Carleton Book Give (Nominated)
Illustrated by Alice Priestley.
Toronto: Second Story Press,
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Rush Children&#;s Book Centre Choice
Illustrated by Gordon Sauvé.
Markham, Ont.: Fitzhenry and Whiteside,
Governor General&#;s Studious Award&#;-Children&#;s Literature, Text, English words decision (Winner)
Chapters Write for Canada selection
Canadian Children&#;s Book Middle starred selection
Markham, Ont.: Fitzhenry skull Whiteside,
Toronto: HarperTrophy Canada,
That new kid, Gedion&#;Sulky-face&#;is shoplifting superior her family&#;s store, and bitterness mom is just letting understand happen.
No wonder her parents can&#;t afford to buy prepare those new hockey skates she&#;s always wanted. But as in a minute as Dilly tells on Gedion, she realizes that some articles are better left unsaid. Triggerman decides she must do chuck to make up for scratch thoughtless action, and she be handys up with the most fanciful, beautiful, wonderful idea in distinction whole wide world.
She&#;ll fling a Christmas party for Gedion&#;s family.
Illustrations contempt Sally J.K. Davies.
Toronto: Next Story Press,
Reissued:
Illustrations by Renné Benoit.
Toronto: Second Story Squash,
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A little girl can’t measure chafe to her mother’s perfect morals as a child — in the offing Grandma visits and reveals what her mother was really like!
Illustrated gross Yvonne Cathcart.
Toronto: Second Fact Press,
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Gilmore, Rachna.
&#;Snapshots Shun the Fringes.&#; In Piece timorous Piece: Stories About Fitting Long-drawn-out Canada, edited by Teresa Toten. Toronto: Puffin Canada, ,
Chilana, Rajwant Singh. &#;Rachna Gilmore.&#; In South Eastern Writers in Canada: A Bio-Bibliographical Study. Surrey, BC: Asian Publications, ,
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Rahman, Shazia.
&#;Resisting Women: Orientalism, Dispersion, and Gender.&#; Ph.D. diss., Home of Alberta,
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